Judge Blocks Bush Rule Allowing Concealed Weapons in National Parks

Washington Post ^ | 3/19/2009 | Quentin Wilber

[ChuxsterS]

A federal judge today blocked a last-minute rule enacted by President Bush allowing visitors to national parks to carry concealed weapons.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by gun-control advocates and environmental groups. The Justice Department had sought to block the injunction against the controversial rule.

[ChuxsterS]

It's a preliminary injunction, but it's probably the end of legal carry in national parks and refuges.

I don't get the anti-gun nuts...

I carry at the grocery store, at Borders, at Starbucks, at Walmart, at Sears, at Macy's, etc.... and I have never threatened a libtard. But somehow, once I step onto the grounds of a national park, I guess I'm just going to go berzerk and start shooting the place up?

[xcamel]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210336/posts

[ChuxsterS]

Darnit - searched for “national parks” and “gun” and didn’t see a match.

[Red Steel]

the suit filers:

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees.

This should be appealed. I think it would be easily overturned,

[Travis McGee]

We need to keep our parks free of evil guns, so that serial killers like Gary Michael Hilton can kidnap, rape and murder women like Meredith Emerson without fear of being shot.

[xcamel]

wasn’t really a dupe, just another post

[keving]

Brady, ah yes, the grieving wife whose pleas helped pass the Brady Bill. Too bad she was not prosecuted for making a straw rifle purchase in Penn/Del. Would any of us be as “lucky” as Sarah?

GUN RIGHTS GROUP ASKS BATF TO INVESTIGATE GUN PURCHASE BY ANTI-GUNNER SARAH BRADY

BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today is requesting that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigate whether a gun purchase, acknowledged by gun control advocate Sarah Brady in her newly-released autobiography, violated state and federal gun laws.

Brady describes the purchase of a .30-06-caliber rifle with telescopic sight - a gun that might easily be described as a “sniper rifle” by gun control groups such as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Violence Policy Center - in her book, A Good Fight. Brady writes that she bought the rifle for her son, but notes that it was her background, not the son’s, that was checked to complete the purchase at an unidentified Delaware gun shop.

“From all appearances,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “Sarah Brady exploited one of those so-called loopholes in the Brady Law, for which she arduously campaigned, to get a gun for her son. This gun was allegedly a gift, but for someone who has demanded background checks for every other American before they can take possession of a firearm, we think the public deserves to know why she evidently felt it was okay to skirt that requirement for her own son.”

Added CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron: “In the interest of equal justice for all, this case begs investigation. Mrs. Brady’s admission, in her own autobiography, underscores the elitist attitude that seems to be universally shared by gun control extremists across the country. They place themselves above or beyond the requirements of a law for which they have demanded compliance from everyone else. This is the ultimate hypocrisy.”

According to a report in the New York Daily News, Brady’s purchase of the rifle for her son, Scott, “could be illegal under (Delaware) state law if Brady did not also say who she was buying the gun for and submit his ‘name, rank an serial number’ for a full check.” There is no indication in the book that Scott’s name was submitted for a check, or that Mrs. Brady even told the gun shop operator that she was buying the rifle for someone else.

“There must be a Form 4473 on file at the gun shop, and with the BATF,” Gottlieb noted, “and all we are asking is that the agency check to see whether it was properly filled out. There could have been a serious violation of state and federal law, and Sarah Brady is subject to those laws, just like the millions of other Americans whose firearm civil rights she has steadfastly worked to destroy.”

With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Travis, put decapitated in on your list because after he kidnaped, raped and her murdered her he decided her head didn’t belong with her body.

He liked the National Parks...his personal killing grounds.

[FlingWingFlyer]

And to think, the Commie DemocRATS were able to convince the morons residing in this country that it was President Bush who was trying to take away their rights, freedoms and liberties.

[TYVets]

Thanks for the post, I did not see the earlier one.

I should have known but I did look it up: U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton.

What have these people done that they are so afraid of honest Americans?

Sure they want control, but why are they so worried about you and I having a gun?

I grow more suspicious by the day as I read about the regulations, rules and laws these people in "high places" want to force on the common folk of this great country.

[Feckless]

Hey Judge, ZeroBama, et al..... F YOU! I’m taking MY gun in MY park. Don’t send some poor Ranger or cop to stop me, YOU come take my gun(s) you steaming pant load.

[2111USMC]

She noted that the government justified its decision to forgo an environmental analysis of the regulation on the grounds that the rule does not "authorize" environmental impacts. Calling this a "tautology," Kollar-Kotelly wrote that federal officials "abdicated their Congressionally-mandated obligation" to evaluate environmental impacts and "ignored (without sufficient explanation) substantial information in the administrative record concerning environmental impacts" of the rule.

I don't know how much longer I can take this. One of these days I'm gonna go postal and go on a spotted owl killing rampage.

[street_lawyer]

Who wants to ban guns more than the democrats? Watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3kMuN8sjk&feature=related

 

[MHGinTN]

Beware the revenge of the snail darters though ...

[Mr Ducklips]

Effing A, Bubba.

[marktwain]

“She noted that the government justified its decision to forgo an environmental analysis of the regulation on the grounds that the rule does not “authorize” environmental impacts. Calling this a “tautology,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote that federal officials “abdicated their Congressionally-mandated obligation” to evaluate environmental impacts and “ignored (without sufficient explanation) substantial information in the administrative record concerning environmental impacts” of the rule.”

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If this rule requires an environmental impact, then *everything* requires an environmental impact, transforming the EPA into a bureaucracy that controls the whole country instead of 60% of it.

[packrat35]

http://www.truecrimeweblog.com/2008/01/who-is-gary-michael-hilton.html

[Charlespg]

Time for some counter suits against these anti gun fascist sob's

[epow]

Here’s a bit of good news that I received this morning by email from Georgia Arms. I’m in a hurry and I’m not taking time to format it in html so I don’t know how it will appear.

A hardy congratulation is due to our loyal customers, our good friends, and our fellow shooting enthusiasts through out this great nation! Due to the diligent and overwhelming effort of many thousands of you, calling, writing, and emailing our elected officials, DOD Surplus, LLC, has rescinded its prior directive that ALL small arms spent casings be mutilated rather than recycled. This was a huge victory for common sense and we would like to thank each and every person who made an effort and played a role in correcting this mistake. We at Georgia Arms are proud of everyone who took the time and had the courage to stand up for our rights. We believe, that by your outpouring of anger and dismay, you not only extended our liberty and freedoms but also took a stand for economic common sense in a time when we know our government should be trying to reduce costs at all levels rather than throwing money away for some politically correct reason or the other. Again, our hat is off to everyone who helped and thanks to God as well. We will roll up our sleeves and go back to work; we have 223’s and 308’s to build! We will start shipping backorbackorders. (Below is a copy of the email we received from DOD on 3/17/09 @ 4:30pm)

GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!!

(This was pertaining to an outstanding bid on a lot of brass that we won prior to the mutilation order. DOD sent us a bill for the brass after we had refused it due to the mutilation requirements. DOD on Monday sent us a bill for the brass and when we responded that we had already refused it due to the mutilation clause, we received this reply via email.)

I am sorry you hadn’thadnn informed –

Word came down that all shells 50 caliber or smaller CAN still be purchased without the mutilation requirement as long as kept in the US.

(As it was in limbo, I did not sent your EUC to Battle Creek until today, also why I have not contacted you for payment until today.)

Thanks!

Arana Aranalin

Wolinment Verification Supervisor

Government Liquidation, LLC

DOD Surplus, LLC

15051 N KierlKierland. #300

Scottsdale, AZ 85254

[Lazamataz]

HOLY CRAP!!!

This deserves it’s own thread....