The National Parks Conservation Association is questioning a proposal, signed on by nearly half the U.S. Senate, that would overturn the antiquated ban on firearms in our national parks.
"You're not taking anybody's guns away from them, and people can transport guns through a park," Barger, head of a national parks advocacy group, said of the federal rule that has been in place for more than a quarter-century. "All it does is impose a very reasonable regulation that they be unloaded and stored while they are in the park."
There's that word again . . . "reasonable."
"Coburn and others say the restrictions against loaded weapons are unnecessary,
violate the Second Amendment, leave park visitors unable to protect themselves
and put park rangers at risk of assault or other crimes. What's more, many states allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons with a permit. Those laws vary from one state to another, however, and the federal ban on loaded weapons in national parks just adds to the confusion . . ."
In three words: Repeal the ban. It is an antiquated provision that prevents the mainstream in this nation from defending themselves against both four-and two-legged predators while visiting our national parks.
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