Posted on 01/11/2009 6:12:37 AM PST by epow
New Rules On Right-To-Carry In Our National Parks Take Effect Today
Friday, January 09, 2009
In early December, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced the final amended version of a change to rules on carrying firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. The change will restore the right of law-abiding gun owners to transport and carry concealed firearms for lawful purposes on most DOI lands, according to the laws of the states in which these public lands are located.
The new rule, which takes effect today, allows Right-to-Carry permit holders to carry concealed firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges in states that recognize their permits. The new rule will also put an end to the patchwork of regulations that governed different lands managed by different federal agencies. In the past, Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands allowed the carrying of firearms, while lands managed by DOI did not.
The change was obviously necessary, given the passage of Right-to-Carry laws in so many states over the past two decades. As expected, of course, anti-gun activists are adamantly opposed to the new rule, and are already seeking to block the right of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and their families while on DOI lands.
Not surprisingly, the first to jump on the "banned" wagon was the anti-gun Brady Campaign, in a lawsuit filed against the DOI in federal court, seeking to have the new rule struck down. The National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees have also filed a similar suit.
Brady contends that people have a right to visit parks without fear of permit-holders carrying guns. The contention is ludicrous, of course, since to get to a park requires people
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That’s probably why it was done. obama continues the lie he won’t ban guns and we have nothing to worry about. There’s supposed to be no reason to be concerned because he’s supposed to support the Bill of Rights.
His acts of tyranny start as soon as he reverses this act of freedom.
In NH we are allowed open carry without a permit...I wonder if they will adhere to this in the National Forests within the state?
We are the same in Virginia, but this rule only applies to concealed carry. It’s an “out of sight, out of mind” thing. That’s how I carried in National Parks before the rules changed, and that’s how I’ll continue.
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