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 Stories About: Department of Interior AND legislation AND national parks AND news AND politics
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'Bout the Bullet
DOI takes public comment on allowing loaded guns in national parks |
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01 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:50 PM on 01 May 2008 The Interior Department has officially proposed allowing concealed firearms into some national parks and wildlife refuges. State laws against carrying loaded guns into parks would supersede the new rule: thus, for example, visitors to Death Valley National Park could tote a gun in the Nevada portion of the park, but not on the California side. As expected, opinions vary on the ma ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, legislation, national parks, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Well, Shoot
Ban on loaded firearms in national parks may be lifted |
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26 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:14 PM on 26 Feb 2008 Photo: iStockphoto The Interior Department plans to revise regulations banning loaded guns in national parks, and park rangers and green groups are up in arms (figuratively, of course). Current rules, which require guns to be disarmed and stowed away within park boundaries, "are not unduly burdensome, but are limited, reasonable, and necessary," says the president of the National Parks ... |
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| Topics: Department of Interior, legislation, national parks, news, politics (all these topics) |
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