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It's this simple: if it's legal to carry a gun somewhere then you have no idea which armed people are responsible, sane gun owners; if it's illegal to carry a gun somewhere, then anyone with a gun is therefore not a sane, responsible gun owner, which is really damn good to know before they are pointing the gun at someone.
No it doesn't prevent crazy people with guns, but it let's you know that anyone with a gun is a threat and measures should be taken immediately.
Most of the time you just have no idea which people are armed, concealed carry is popular. Most criminals also carry concealed rather than open, obviously. Sure, if you gave all post office employees X-Ray Spex so they could see the concealed weapons carried by these criminals, your logic would be sound. Unfortunately X-Ray Spex is a band, not a functional product for seeing through clothing, we still need the TSA machines for that.
Right, it's not 100% effective for sure, but it's better than nothing. Look, if someone perfectly conceals their weapon it's the same thing as if it's legal. No one had any chance to react between them going for their weapon and then getting a shot off.
But if, with all the adrenaline in their system because of what they are planning, they slip up, that's where the difference is between legal and illegal concealed carry. If it's legal I don't know if they are about to commit murder or not, but when it's illegal then I know they have bad intentions from the moment I see it.
I could go into much more depth here, but I think this is really the gist of my point. I'm not anti-gun, by the way, or trying to achieve 100% safety from guns. But I do feel like a post office isn't somewhere a gun needs to be.
Generally, and this happens often and nobody knows, but what if say a mass shooter shows up? Then the legality of carrying starts to matter, he is "free" to attack (free in that he knows it is a suicide so he is free from care regarding legal reprocussions), I on the other hand could face legal consequence for defending.
Damn dude what are post offices like in your area? Mine don't induce production of adrenaline, it's mostly just standing in line.
Well no, that'd be a permit in most states that defines the difference b/t legal and illegal carry.
No, you can't see the permit at all, and you can't see a concealed gun. You won't know if they have either.
By this logic concealed carry would be acceptable and if someone shows you their gun they are a threat. Which is always illegal already.
Not by any logic I know but let's hear it.