I kid!
But for people who like conceal carry and National Parks (my wife and I have an annual parks pass), that the National Parks have decided to follow state rules on conceal carry is good news. Volokh links to a new FAQ the Department of Interior has where it nicely explains why allowing people to carry concealed weapons won’t mean that every man or animal in the parks are now in risk of being shot.
Unless they piss me off.
OMG! Does Comrade Father Obama know about this!!!!!!
Hey speaking of parks. I guess I missed something but I have always carried something in or out of a park . I really didn’t feel like I needed someone to say yes you can or can’t and it would not have mattered one iota either way. I actually have a cwp now but that has not always been the case. I’m just to old for mother may I. Besides, since I wasn’t attacked by a moose, wolf, bear or any other predator it was a mute issue. Besides, I would rather blast the hell out of something that was going to harm me and explain later than to have some sad comment in my obit.
What’s the risk? There are so many laws already in our society that if someone wanted to sack your butt all they have to do pull out law 5 billion 6 hundred thousand and 23 and your nailed. But back to the park.
I’m thinking about hitting Yellowstone in the next few weeks. Why? Well, so I can walk around legally with my piece (or pieces as it may be), and, gas is like nothing. You have the whole place to yourself. Motels are at winter rates. The gysers are still going off on schedule. The buffalo still roam and the deer and the antelope are still playing. The bears are asleep but there is NO SNOW. Its a fabulous time to see the park.
What about an IMAO convention?
Dang, spud. That sounds so awesome. I dreamt that I was in Glacier at Many Glaciers two times this week. I miss Montana.
Yeah, after all…what are the chances that in the woods, off the beaten path, out of complete site of others, that some freak wouldn’t feel compelled to try to rob, rape, whatever. Nope, that could never happen, just good honest folks soaking in the sites and sounds of nature – take everyone’s guns away and leave them defenseless out in the woods. Thank God they’re doing the right thing and allowing law-abiding citizens to carry.
I read about a woman at Yellowstone who was observed by a park ranger smearing something on her boy’s face while other tourists photographed some nearby bears.
She informed the ranger that it was honey.
She wanted to get a picture of the bear licking it off her sons face.
That kid needed a gun to protect him from dear old mom!
Yellowstone. Love that place. Probably the best spot on earth. I grew up in Cody Wyoming, which gave me ample oppurtunity to visit numerous times each year. I remember it costing 3 bucks to get in; and if you went in through the Cooke City Entrance the gate was often unmanned so it was free.
Oh. We always had guns in the park. It was Wyoming in the 1970s and ’80s. Simpler times, amigos. How can things have changed so much in just one generation?
Enjoy for now! Once sworn in, our Great and Glorious Leader, may he live forever shall not only take away our guns but I’m guessing he will restrict access to places like Yellowstone to allow Mother Earth to heal from the wounds inflicted by the intrusion of the evils of man and his footprint upon it…
I live just outside Kalispell. Just a stone’s throw from Glacier (aka God’s Country).
I’ll be getting myself a Taurus “Judge” here before too long. It’s chambered to fire both .45 pistol and .410 shot. About the best gun you can pack with you into the woods.
Who the feck goes to Jellystone park?
allowing people to carry concealed weapons won’t mean that every man or animal in the parks are now in risk of being shot.
I’m sort of disappointed in that, myself; it would add some thrills to visiting national parks.
Having spent my youth hiking and climbing in the Cascades, it’s amazing that I never once saw a bear, which would be the only reason I can think of to carry a firearm in the mountains. But if I were to carry one today, it wouldn’t be concealed; it would be shouldered. In the state where I live, that has always been legal. And interestingly, I did encounter people with rifles years ago. They were on long-term “hikes” and needed to hunt and protect themselves – from bears.
I’m pleased with this.
You homos won’t have time to hunt or to enjoy the national parks as you will all be put to work on Our Great and Glorious Leader’s (May HE Live Forever) plans to rebuild the nation in His own image! After you finish your first job (necessary to pay the motherland massive taxes) you shall be bussed to your new job digging ditches or shoveling black top to rebuild infrastructure!!!
I can appreciate why being allowed to carry into a national park would make you happy. I love your sense of humor, Frank. “Unless they piss me off.”
Hmm…
“It’s comin’ right for us! BLAM!”
Bwahahahah!
Jellystone sounds good to me. I’d like to meet Yogi, Boo Boo, and Mr. Ranger, and get me some of those Pick-in-ic type baskets!!!
Mr. Ranger might be kind of a drag, though…not sure he ever let Yogi carry concealed.