Hunters have been carrying loaded guns in Grand Teton National Park for over 50 years.
No problems caused by that.
It’s going to be the Wild West out there. Run for your lives.
It is silly. People have been packing heat in National Forests for years, where thousands of people camp, hike, and recreate, with little to no problems. Why would there suddenly be problems in National Parks?
If there is anyplace I want a gun it is in Glacier National Park.
Maybe the complaining teacher should ask her classroom kids if they are afraid to go to the park, before she passes judgment that a legal firearm may be there?
Fear is, after all, the Brady Campaign’s stock in trade, and they’ll happily lie to produce it. Frightened people are more controllable.
I have carried a loaded pistol into the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Glacier, Yosemite and others over the years.
You know what? I have yet to pull it, never name use it. But I darn sure well should the need arise!
This just in...concealed weapons allowed into national parks. Grizzly bear lobby vows to continue the fight.
I live just outside of YNP, and yes, there are grizzlies in them thar hills. What will cause a challenge to this new law is the first time a bear is shot in YNP or Glacier. The only recent bear attack I can rememember in Yellowstone was a few years ago when a peta nut learned the hard way, he was killed, that those bears really are not that cute and cuddly when you get too close. I have known more than a few guys who still carried in the back country in YNP. The old rule of the three S’s apply: Shoot, Shovel, Shut up.
This is a shot of a griz last Christmas that woke up for a rack of ribs. A friend took this great pic. http://www.thomasstanton.com/New_Images/pages/071-H-1225%20copy.htm
Fear nothing. Pack heat everywhere.