Constitutional Law

Deadline on comments, guns in national parks rule

The deadline for comments on allowing CCW in National Parks if the holder complies with State rules is June 30. You can comment by going here. A reader whom I met at the Backlot Film Festival adds the following suggestions:

Your comments will have the most impact if you use your own words. To assist you in drafting your comments, keep the following points in mind:

Rules on carrying and transporting firearms should be consistent-across the board-with the laws of the state that includes the national park or wildlife refuge;

Law-abiding citizens should not be prohibited from protecting themselves and their families while enjoying America's national parks and wildlife refuges;

The new rules should provide uniformity across all federal lands, eliminating the patchwork of laws that create confusion for gun owners;

Current regulations fail to account for the significant change in state laws since 1984. 48 states now have laws that permit laws that permit carrying and 40 have strong Right-to-Carry laws. Federal regulations should recognize the change in state laws and follow their lead, and;

The new regulations should restore the rights of law-abiding gun owners who wish to transport and carry firearms for all lawful purposes on most DOI lands, just as they do now on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands

His own comment is in extended remarks, below.

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on June 22, 2008 (boomark / email).