Loaded, Hidden Guns in National Parks Puts Visitors at Risk [Barf Alert]

Sun Herald ^ | 2/7/08 | Paul Helmke/Brady Campaign

[Thunder Pig]

The National Park Service would be surprised at how many concealed weapons people carry while they are in the Parks.

There’s never a Ranger around when you need one.

[southernerwithanattitude]

I wish someone had a gun on the trail in Blairsville on the first of Jan. and had left that old SOB twitching on the ground with a big hole in his chest!

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Does the Sun-Herald actually do any reporting, or do they simply regurgitate press releases?

[Eska]

This is actually quite funny. Who will enforce it? The park rangers? I know they wouldn’t even attempt it in Alaska. These anti people live on another planet, maybe they will enforce it for the park service.

[Domandred]

Related editorial from a month ago:

Our View: Federal lands should have consistent gun rules (From Idaho)

[ASOC]

The key words in the PArk rules are ...loaded..

Carry what you will, just take the magazine out.

I have had prople freak out when I open carry and they see the pistol on my hip.

I assure them that if they are attacked by any of the local wildlife, I will hurry to report it to the local park Ranger. That usually nets me a few odd looks, I guess they just don’t ‘get it’.

[Poison Pill]

Law or no, anyone who ventures into the wilderness without a firearm is a moron.

[willgolfforfood]

So, Paul Helmke, can you tell me the answer to this question: have more people died in National Parks from shooting incidents, or being killed by bears?

Right. I didn't think you would know the answer to that question, either.

[Joe Brower]

The latest bleatings from the

[Dead Corpse]

Paul needs to be in jail for “aiding and abetting” and “accessory to murder”.

[ctdonath2]

Care to elaborate on the legalities thereof?

[wiggen]

WastedYears typing

That title is very misleading, which is the gun-grabber’s credo.

Carrying a pistol concealed on your person is not the same as having pistols hidden throughout the parks, which is what the title means.

[B Knotts]

No kidding. They way they worded it, I was ready to get a GPS and go on a geocaching hunt.

[Double Tap]

Yeah, I'm sure allowing legal concealed carry will increase the poaching in National Parks. Hahahaha... So what is the favored handgun caliber of choice for poaching big game???

Silly liberals

[wiggen]

Christmas woulda come early for you.

[xsrdx]

Hmmm.

I'm far more concerned about Loaded, Hidden Hyperbole.

[RoadKingSE]

"This is more of the same from the gun pushers - any gun, anywhere, at any time," said Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

Sounds like more of the same from the nutless gun grabbers - no guns, nowhere, ever.

[RoadKingSE]

That title is very misleading,

You need to watch out for those wascally Wugers, hiding in the bushes, waiting for an innocent hiker to wander by.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

” The current rules in no way prohibit guns in parks, but they do work to discourage that tiny percentage of irresponsible individuals who would engage in poaching and target practice at the expense of irreplaceable natural and historic sites.”

Lord knows, the already existing laws against poaching would not deter these people if they were allowed to legally carry in the park...