Concealed Carry in National Parks Suspended -- NRA Files Motion To Appeal

[Sigarms12]

Concealed Carry in National Parks Suspended -- NRA Files Motion To Appeal
 
Friday, March 20, 2009
 
On Thursday, March 19, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. granted anti-gun plaintiffs a preliminary injunction against implementation of the new rule allowing law-abiding citizens to defend themselves by carrying a concealed firearm in national parks and wildlife refuges.

In Thursday's ruling, Federal District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued the preliminary injunction against the Department of the Interior rule that took effect on January 9, 2009.  The revised rule allowed individuals to carry concealed firearms for self-defense in national parks and national wildlife refuges located in states that allow the carrying of concealed firearms.

Today, NRA filed a notice of appeal in Federal District Court to oppose the preliminary injunction.

NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox, said, "NRA is moving aggressively to protect this common sense rule and that's why we filed this notice of appeal today.  Just as we did not give up the fight to change the old, outdated rule, we will not give up our fight in the courts to defend the rule change. We will pursue every legal avenue to defend the American people's right of self-defense."

Until further notice, individuals cannot legally carry loaded, concealed firearms for personal protection in national parks and wildlife refuges.

[gun nut]

can you open carry in state parks. what about carrying a long gun?

[Hawkeye]

There is new life in the effort to carry in national parks. Senator Coburn (R-OK) has introduced a bill and attached it to a popluar credit card bill trying to allow CCW in parks.

http://washingtonindependent.com/42641/senate-approves-coburn-gun-amendment

[Sigarms12]

My understanding is that a change in the law to make this legal has been tacked onto the credit card bill that was just passed. 

[Hawkeye]

My understanding is that a change in the law to make this legal has been tacked onto the credit card bill that was just passed. 

I've heard this as well. I am looking for confirmation.

[Moosie]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/20/house.guns/index.html

It passed the House & Senate.  Now on to the Prez.  Of course this doesn't mean its going to stay this way, but we can hope!

[CorBon]

I realize that measures gets tucked into bills that have nothing to do with each other.  But, here, it’s kind of funny.  In the end, we have anti-gun legislation signed by the most pro-gun president being repealed by pro-gun legislation signed by the most anti-gun president.

[Sigarms12]

Hunh??

[CorBon]

Hunh??

Was that one for me, Sig?

[Sigarms12]

Yea I got a little confussed too early in the am

[CorBon]

Yea I got a little confussed too early in the am

Well, it may have been a bit cryptic.

We have a pro-gun law that was tucked into a bill for credit cards.  That just goes to show how Congress loads these things up with all kinds of non-sense.  Next, we have the pro-gun bill being signed by Obama, the most anti-gun person on the face of the Earth.  And the law that he is changing was enacted by Reagan, who was pro-gun (although his CA governorship may be somewhat questionable).  I am a bit reluctant to call Reagan pro-gun, though, but he effectively was.  He wasn’t out waving the pro-gun flag (although he was an NRA member), but I categorize him as being from a time when there wasn’t so much anti-gun stuff going on (meaning he was older than most of the anti-gun hysteria).  Ya know, guns were guns, just like toasters were toasters.  Today, a politician has to “pick a side.”  I mean, Reagan got SHOT and still didn’t try to ban guns.  But anyway, the no-guns-in-Federal-parks stuff started under Reagan – and it ends under the anti-Christ, er, I mean, Obama.