[Jim Noble]

I was a sixteen year old from New York City when I went into the Glacier backcountry for the first time. At the trailhead, we passed the sign banning firearms.

We rounded a bend, and the guides we were travelling with dismounted and took out their guns.

My eyes bugged out. At home, I didn't know anybody who had a gun, and I didn't know anybody who broke the law.

After riding for a couple of hours, I worked up the courage to ask the head guy about it, and he revealed a Law of Nature I hadn't studied in school:

"Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six".

Presumably, this rule is still in effect, even in out National Parks.

[Mulder]

After riding for a couple of hours, I worked up the courage to ask the head guy about it, and he revealed a Law of Nature I hadn't studied in school:

I think most people ignore those signs also. Most folks realize that their safety trumps bureaucratic edicts.

There is no federal law banning firearms in national parks; only administrative edict. I would think the most they could do is ask you to leave. But they'd have to catch you first.

I view the objective of this effort to remove the "no guns" signs in parks, which would 1) prevent park rangers from harassing folks who are peaceably carrying, and 2) encourage Americans that currently obey the signs to carry once the signs are gone.

[Hank Rearden]

I rode my motorcycle into a national park a couple of weeks ago. What was I supposed to do with the firearm in my pocket - throw it into the weeds on the way in?

Stupid laws deserve to be ignored.

[eno_]

"Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six".

And it won't even take 6 after the bear is through chewing on you. Even in the Northeast we are getting enough big animals that I would not want to go camping without something that could convince a bear I'm more trouble than it's worth.

[ridesthemiles]

You were a very protected 16 y/o.