Posted on 12/23/2013 11:58:06 AM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at gunwatch.blogspot.com ...
“Gun horror is not a productive emotion, but learned helplessness disguised as moral superiority.” Daniel Greenfield
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2013/03/shadow-of-gun.html
It means that there is a gun culture that must be eliminated in order to advance the socialist utopia.
He don't care. Remember he said he was good at killing people. And just wait til ObamaCare kicks in.
“the blood is on BO’s hands.”
His hands are already dripping, so what’s a little more?
> 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.
You know how the current administration would solve this problem, right? They’ll just kill all the bears instead.
Thomas Jefferson
That was from a month ago. This article speaks of Monday which I assume is today, Dec 23.
Love it!!!
The more people get pissed off at D.C. the better...IMO
Now all he has to do now is declare all lands public lands including your house and everything.
If this is a current effort and not a rehash, he’s looking for a fight he will lose.
Hope the GOPe don’t screw up this chance to take back America.
“It means that there is a gun culture that must be eliminated in order to advance the socialist utopia.”
Exactly,
If this comes true with no shooting on public land, then expect the next phase to be to somehow ban all shooting on non-government approved sites, including private property. (with horrendous and expensive paperwork and permits and inspections and intrusions in order to get “government approved”)
-Yes PRIVATE PROPERTY-
Whether it is some EPA or some other “public safety” issue,,,expect it. This is how they work in incremental intrusion, one baby step at a time...
Correct.. this has been in and out of the news since Nov 2011. My guess is bad research since there’s nothing linking anything more recent as fact.
Time to take M80s in and make the Rangers start chasing their tails. Make them so use to loud reports that they give up trying to hunt them down.
In a lot of places, this will mean a large increase in poaching (off the King’s land), as there is no reason to get a hunting license or observe seasons when you are already committing a crime by just being there with a gun.
I don’t think this is an issue anymore. Old news.
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