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Packin’ Heat In Yellowstone
Hunting isn’t allowed in most national parks, so for the past twenty years it’s been prohibited to openly carry firearms. You know, some kind of crazy concern about the accidental shooting of campers, protected species, rangers. Now, 47 senators – under the stalwart leadership of Senator Crapo (which pretty much says it all, doesn’t it?) – have asked the Interior Department to allow loaded weapons in the parks.
Why would you need to carry a gun someplace you’re not actually allowed to use it? That’s immaterial to the NRA – who, unsurprisingly, has been working for the last five years to overturn this rule. They want gun policy in the parks to reflect those of the states that border them – Wyoming, Montana and Idaho – which have virtually no gun control.
But there is no Second Amendment issue here. Under current regulations, visitors are allowed to transport guns through the parks, as long as the weapons aren’t loaded and kept in the car at all times. What the new policy would do is introduce loaded weapons into an understaffed system already crowded with families. It’s hard to imagine that injuries to park visitors and animal residents – both intentional and unintentional – won’t increase if this change is made.
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4 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amWho knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Crapo Senator knows!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amIm know there is alot I would say about this article, however this gal says it so much better:
http://libertyzone.blogspot.com/2007/12/idiots-with-keyboards-pt-2393.html
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amWhat does the writer not have a clue about? Hunting isn’t allowed in most National Parks and you are allowed to transport unloaded guns through them. I worked for the Park Service for some time, and I know that is the case. So what exactly makes the writer, rather than you, who are rather uninformative and abusive, an assclown?
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThe writer of this crap has absolutely no clue. Get a life ass clown!!
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