Bush rule will allow guns in national parks

I can’t seem to duplicate this page to FR (html impaired), but here is a summary of National Park crimes through 2001.

An eyeopener
http://www.the-eggman.com/writings/crime_in_nat_parks.html

Sarah Palin already praised the Secretary of the Interior for this move.

You mean like this?

Year	Total Offenses	Total Annual Visitors (x 1000)	Homicide (a)	Forcible Rape (b)	Robbery	Aggaivated Assault	Burglary (b)	Larceny Theft	Vehicle Theft	Arson (c)
2001	4,328	424,100	10	37	70	212	488	3,277	130	104
2000	4,428	429,800	13	50	91	292	576	3,159	145	102
1999	5,172	436,296	11	42	142	202	515	3,988	164	108
1998	5,640	435,637	12	46	108	368	506	4,385	130	85
1997	6,352	419,795	17	44	119	265	499	5,105	219	84
1996	5,992	399,765	24	40	146	299	677	4,465	177	164
1995	6,009	387,804	16	50	138	318	830	4,309	198	150
1994	4,508	380,156	20	37	208	337	389	3,180	201	136
1993	6,452	387,707	25	62	197	367	747	4,681	210	163
1992	7,212	360,352	23	71	222	386	928	5,204	241	137
1991	7,203	358,295	28	78	209	390	1,118	5,004	251	125
1990	7,009	337,900	24	92	184	448	1,180	4,643	310	128
1989	6,532	351,900	9	73	123	441	1,009	4,548	213	116
1988	6,195	368,000	20	79	215	300	801	4,378	313	89
1987	6,417	372,800	15	79	197	543	926	4,259	294	104
1986	7,945	364,600	24	88	261	637	922	5,732	179	102
1985	7,318	346,200	19	70	309	483	892	5,147	235	163
1984	6,612	332,507	18	57	266	527	717	4,766	178	83
1983	7,617	335,646	19	81	306	542	1,238	5,125	200	106
1982	7,892	344,448	30	83	330	607	1,083	5,468	220	71
1981	8,319	329,663	19	87	303	575	1,391	5,451	296	197
1980	9,074	300,324	16	89	294	643	1,552	6,230	250	X
1979	8,561	282,435	15	87	264	505	1,330	6,124	236	X
1978	8,247	283,090	12	91	261	494	1,188	5,986	215	X
1977	7,763	261,584	17	60	238	458	1,097	5,662	231	X
1976	7,521	267,827	10	66	281	470	954	5,570	170	X
1975	7,697	238,849	10	84	779	385	1,031	5,156	252	X

a) Includes negligent and nonnegligent manslaughter.
b) Includes attempts.
c) Included in tabulations beginning in 1981.

Source: Data provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
Note: The National Park Service is responsible for the administration of 384 park areas that are owned by the Federal Government.

Three urban park areas are policed by the U.S. Park Police; other park areas are policed by the U.S. Park Rangers.

In some park areas law enforcement responsibilities are shared with other police agencies, e.g., State police, sheriff departments,
and city/town police.
These data exclude offenses handled by other agencies.

National Park ping!

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bttt

Yes.

I am surprised at the amount.

In Texas, as in many states, so-called concealed-carry laws passed by the state Legislature prohibit loaded firearms from state parks, as well as other places.

This part of the article is a lie.

Nothing in the Public Hunting Lands Proclamation or State Parks Proclamation prohibits a person from possessing a concealed handgun, loaded or unloaded, under the authority of a concealed handgun license issued by this state or any other state. Persons carrying concealed handguns must comply with all concealed handgun laws.
The Executive Director reserves the right to prohibit the carrying of all firearms during certain events or in certain locations on Departmental lands.
This order is issued pursuant to Title 31, Texas Administrative Code, Sections 59.134 (f) (1) and 65.199, and is effective immediately.

Source TSRA

The “editorial” comes from a Scripps affiliated “paper.”
The Editor who wrote this should be fired even if the paper is anti-gun!
He hasn’t a clue what he is talking about..
The new rule allows carry only by those who can carry legally in the state the park is in. I.e., law enforcement and CHL holders. In my state, Texas (where the Big Bend park is located) CHL requirements are more strict than law enforcement as to qualification!.

BIG POINT -> THE EDITOR DID NOT DO ANY RESEARCH OR GET ANY DATA! If he did he would realize that the new RULE IS NOT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER from the president! It is a rule by the National Park Service, a part of the Department of the Interior — and has been going through the standard process, and has been in the works for over a year. The time usually allowed was even extended in order to give anyone interested - either for or against - an opportunity to provide input. As a private party, I sent in my two cents worth (for) as did a number of senators and several governors from around the country and many other JQ Publics.

We really have to look at most of our printed media as we now see most of the electronic media — in the tank for the dark side.

Sean Hannity was right — 2008 will be remembered as “The year the media died.”

“Allowing concealed loaded firearms is a travesty and a violation of the spirit of national parks best expressed by President Theodore Roosevelt “

Sure...and so is being defensless to attacks by criminals who sometimes frequent these places in search of unarmed victems.

These people need to get over their fear of armed, law abiding citizens who pose a threat only to common criminals, tyrants and the sycophantic thugs who support tyrants.