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While I really don't understand all the brouhaha about this subject, it's still good news, whether you're a hunter, or not, don't you think? One more for the anti-gun community to fret about. I love it.
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Friday, May 22, 2009
On Wednesday, NRA-backed legislation to restore the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in national parks and wildlife refuges passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 279-147. Today, the measure was signed into law and, as specified in the legislation, will take effect in nine months, on February 22, 2010. This was a major repudiation of the gun control community's anti self-defense agenda.
The current Department of Interior (DOI) regulations were amended by the Bush Administration in 2008, allowing law-abiding citizens to defend themselves by carrying a concealed firearm in national parks and wildlife refuges.
However, early this year, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. granted anti-gun plaintiffs a preliminary injunction against implementation of the new rule. NRA has been working for the past several years in the regulatory, legal, and legislative arenas to achieve this policy change.
I'm sure a lot of folks fear being taken down by wild animals, for instance, and what better to have than a gun, you know, just in case. Those bears are fearless. That's why the signs are up, "Don't feed the bears!" Like some tree-hugger is going to pay attention to a sign, yeah, right.
NRA-ILA :: Bi-Partisan Congressional Majority Moves<br>to Restore Second Amendment in National Parks (http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4901 - broken link)
Alarmist rhetoric, about as much a chance of that happening as getting struck by lightning.
Every year you read several stories about hunters who are killed when someone mistakes them for deer or other game animals. I have a good friend in Charlotte who is blind in one eye because he made the mistake of wearing camouflage and sounding too good with his turkey call on a state game management area.
More people carrying firearms because they are afraid to be in the woods will lead to more incidents of firearms being used inappropriately.
When I visit places I haven't gone before I try to find out which areas are not suitable to visit and avoid them, but I don't feel a compulsion to carry a pistol and visit them anyway. If I was that worried about going to a national park or anywhere else I simply wouldn't go. It's called Common Sense, which unfortunately, isn't.
When I visit places I haven't gone before I try to find out which areas are not suitable to visit and avoid them, but I don't feel a compulsion to carry a pistol and visit them anyway. If I was that worried about going to a national park or anywhere else I simply wouldn't go. It's called Common Sense, which unfortunately, isn't.
There is a name for your condition " It's called Victum"
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