Important Judicial Decisions Regarding Self-Defense Law
The following legal decisions concern the law of self-defense. Some of the rulings are final and others are not. They’re presented here, along with salient excerpts, to be read for their excellent judicial logic about the absolute civil right of armed self-defense as established by the framers of the US Constitution.
[ Read the SemperVerus article, USA State Constitutions Providing for Armed Self-Defense ]
- US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruling: FPC v. Bondi (September 30, 2025) by US District Judge Reed O’Connor (pdf).
- This ruling strikes down the federal ban on carrying firearms in ordinary post offices and on postal property—declaring it violates the Second Amendment.
“[These laws] are inconsistent with the principles that underpin this Nation’s regulatory tradition. Thus, they are unconstitutional as-applied to carrying firearms inside an ordinary post office or on post office property.”
“[P]ossessing a firearm for self-defense within a post office or on post office property is an activity that falls within the plain text of the Second Amendment.”
“Post offices predate the founding of the United States. The first official mail service began in the American colonies in 1639….[E]ven though Congress and the Founders were aware of the ‘general societal problem’ of violence towards the postal service, the prohibition against firearms in post offices or on postal property did not appear until nearly 200 years after the founding….[I]t is hard to envision that the Founders would countenance banning firearms in the post office—particularly because they did not do so themselves.”
“An ordinary United States Post Office is defined as a United States Post Office that is not located inside of (1) a Military Base or similarly restricted access area, or (2) a Federally owned or leased building housing government functions other than a United States Post Office in which carrying a firearm would otherwise be prohibited.” *
