Decision expected on rule about guns in parks

Post by **308Mike** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:17 pm

Decision expected on rule about guns in parks
JEFFREY P. MAYOR; jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
Published: November 6th, 2008 12:30 AM

The Department of the Interior is expected to announce this month its decision regarding changes in rules governing guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.

When he visited Mount Rainier National Park for the Oct. 10 opening of the new Jackson Visitor Center, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said the announcement would be made soon.

“We’re going through the process. We anticipated we’d get a lot of responses, and we did,” Kempthorne told The News Tribune.

At the end of April, the department proposed a change that would allow people to carry a concealed firearm in a national park or wildlife refuge if the individual is permitted to carry a concealed weapon and is authorized to do so on similar state lands in the state in which the national park or refuge is located.

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Post by **randy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:41 pm

And the odds that it will be in our favor with the incoming administration being what it is are...?

Post by **308Mike** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:59 pm

Hopefully the current administration won't screw us and instead force the Obamaton to make another rule change and wait for public input before he can do anything.

Come on Chimpy, don't screw us over on this one too!

drice · Post by **drice** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:05 pm

This is all about concealed carry. Are you allowed to open-carry in national parks?

Post by **randy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:20 pm

drice wrote:This is all about concealed carry. Are you allowed to open-carry in national parks?

No. Current rules are the weapon must be secured and inaccessable while in the park.

martini · Post by **martini** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:28 pm

well, he is killing terrorists like there is no tomorrow, so.... maybe he will say fuck it and give us this one too. I imagine there is a certain amount of freedom in being a lame duck.

mekender · Post by **mekender** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:06 pm

martini wrote:well, he is killing terrorists like there is no tomorrow, so.... maybe he will say fuck it and give us this one too. I imagine there is a certain amount of freedom in being a lame duck.

Maybe Cheny will talk him into an executive order disbanding the ATF?

Weetabix · Post by **Weetabix** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:29 pm

mekender wrote:
martini wrote:well, he is killing terrorists like there is no tomorrow, so.... maybe he will say fuck it and give us this one too. I imagine there is a certain amount of freedom in being a lame duck.

Maybe Cheny will talk him into an executive order disbanding the ATF?

I just got a thrill going up my leg.

Post by **308Mike** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:04 am

Weetabix wrote:I just got a thrill going up my leg.

And if it happens???

Weetabix · Post by **Weetabix** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:47 pm

308Mike wrote:
Weetabix wrote:I just got a thrill going up my leg.
And if it happens???

I may vote for Obam...

Nah. I'd just stay thrilled.

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