Guns are legal in the NF to bad more people don't carry. But a lot of people have brought into the idea that guns are bad and bears are nice.
I am sure the mother wished now she would have been armed and knew how to shoot.
Any gun is better then your fists.
"Any gun is better then your fists."
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Our forefathers would never understand what restrictions the Government has placed on our "FREE" citizens even to being able to protect themselves from criminals and wild predators such as the north American black - brown bear and mountain lions which recently killed those bike riders in California.
I've been thinking about this too (because our family members all have CC). The difficulty would be trying to get a clean shot (or several) to the bear without risk of hitting the child. I would imagine that this situation happened too fast and somewhat frenzied. It may have been a tough call for even a well armed, skilled marksman.
Guns are legal in National Forests? Good to know.
Amzaing that people sit themselves down in the middle of wild animals' feeding grounds and expect nothing to happen.
Per 36CFR2.4, you must have the firearm unloaded, cased and inaccessible while on NPS property.
A lot of good it would have done in this case.
Do you have the information to back up that it is LEGAL to carry in Nation Forests?
Read the Petition sent to the Dept. of Interior here.
Sorry you are not completely correct. Cherokee National Forest falls under TWRA rules which states you cannot have a firearm unless it is for the legal purpose of hunting. so if you carry a firearm even with a firearm permit you are Illegal in Cherokee National forest. I've been trying to get this changed by changing TWRA legislation but it failed this year. Please write your TN legislature to allow people with firearm permits to carry in the national forest in Tennessee and write the Cherokee National forest and demand they also do this in their "Momorandum of Understanding" with the TWRA.