We were camping up in the Arizona Rim country last week. I was openly carrying a holstered automatic pistol when armed U.S. Forest Service enforcement officers drove up to our campsite.
No surprise, nor so much as a question concerning the handgun, they just wanted to inform us of the fire danger and give an update on the forest fire a few miles away. All was friendly and of no consequence.
I can only shudder to think what would have happened under similar conditions in some of the more (sarcasm on) enlightened commie liberal states of NJ, NY, MA & such.
When one's government is in fear of it's free citizens being armed, those same citizens should be very much in fear of that same government.
That's why I camp only in National Forests and avoid National Parks whenever possible (where firearms are not allowed).
The NF's also offer less crowding and usually a more pristine setting than the NP's.