Obama Administration to Ban Shooting on Public Lands

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[Red in Blue PA]

The U.S. News and World Report noted Monday that the Obama administration, perhaps frustrated at its inability to impose yet more restrictive gun regulation through the legislative process, is once again doing everything it can by executive diktat. This time, the infringement on that which shall not be infringed is to come via proposed new regulations barring hunters and target shooters from millions of acres of public land. Gun owners who have historically been able to use public lands for target practice would be barred from potentially millions of acres under new rules drafted by the Interior Department, the first major move by the Obama administration to impose limits on firearms. With candor that has likely not endeared him to his superiors, a Department of the Interior official freely admits that the idea here is not to make anyone safer: "It's not so much a safety issue. It's a social conflict issue," said Frank Jenks, a natural resource specialist with Interior's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees 245 million acres. He adds that urbanites "freak out" when they hear shooting on public lands.

[Red in Blue PA]

Now the FUDDs will have no choice but to join the fight!

[JoeDetweiler]

I hope he does. It should be good for at least one additional Senator.

[yldstrk]

well suburbanites and country dwellers freak out when they have to go in the crime ridden city without a gun

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"This land is my land."

[LucianOfSamasota]

public lands And by public, of course, I mean the king's.

[InsidiousMongo]

I thought this was old news and DOA? He tried this before a while back and failed.

[atc23]

" After the election, I'll have more flexibility"

[Sacajaweau]

But you can have a pajama party on these lands...but it is mandatory that you wear a onesie.

[Joe Brower]

Not sure what to make of this. The US New and World report on it is over two years old.

Is the point here that the Obama regime is going to finally act on these complaints? If so, the article doesn't say so.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Millions of Americans are “freaking out” about 0bamacare, so I guess that means 0bama will soon be repealing 0bamacare?

[Mr. K]

What part of “shalll not be infringed” does this so-called ‘Constitutional Scholar’ not understand?

I bet he could not even name one part of The Constituion by heart. (Or even the start of it)

[ZULU]

When are we going to impeach this jerk and remove this unconstiutional, power-mad dictator from office????

[Venturer]

Hunters cull the herds, Hunters killing off deer keep the others from starving, Hunting licenses are responsible for keeping million of dollars toward wildlife habitats.

Obama’s administration is known for the terrible consequences of it’s stupidity.

[altsehastiin]

The US News article is 2 years old...

[Sacajaweau]

USSC...here we come...He cannot make law!!!

[jughandle]

“. He adds that urbanites “freak out” when they hear shooting on public lands.”

Yeah, it’s called freedom. Not many city folks are used to it.

[Steely Tom]

Why not also ban the sight of any privately-held weapon from any point on public lands.

That is, to allow your firearm to be visible, in any way, from any point within the boundary of a federally-owned public land, property, park, refuge, reserve, reservation, military base, airport, national roadway, or airborne or space-borne national technical means, would be a federal crime.

[prisoner6]

So if someone is eaten by a bear on public land, and that person could have defended himself with a firearm, the blood is on BO’s hands.

[MrB]

Yep, the king’s land, the king’s trees/lumber/firewood, the king’s deer, the king’s oil...

[stocksthatgoup]

Car Insurance companies will make a fortune! Buy 4 months before deer, elk, moose hunting season.