CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Federal Appeals Court to Mull Guns in Post Offices. There’s no “safety” reason to bar honest people from carrying guns. And these arguments — that the sight of a gun “may excite passions, or excited passions may lead to the use of the firearm,” or that “someone could also attempt to take the firearm from its lawful carrier and use it for criminal purpose” — don’t wash. First of all, why give people an “heckler’s veto” on guns? And someone could also attempt to take a firearm from a cop, as sometimes happens. It’ll be interesting to see what the 10th Circuit does here. I hope someone sends them a copy of my Second Amendment Penumbras piece.