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Around the nation: Guns in national parks

At the urging of 50 U.S. senators, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has directed his agency to review its policy on firearms in national parks, with the aim of changing federal regulations to match those of the state where the national park is located. This means that in states that allow firearms in their state parks (like Colorado, Alaska and Indiana, to name a few), guns would also be legal in their national parks. “This Administration supports the long-standing tradition of affording states the right to determine those who may lawfully possess a firearm within their jurisdictions,” Kempthorne said in response to the request for a review.

The Department of the Interior will draw up new rules for public comment by 30 April. Not surprisingly, several groups have complained about this move toward federalism, including the U.S. Park Rangers Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, whose spokesman, George Durkee, said, “People overreact and shoot at the animals. We don’t need any scared kids with guns running around the woods.” Considering that guns haven’t been allowed in national parks for decades, we aren’t sure how Mr. Durkee knows that people will “overreact and shoot at the animals.” Moreover, we aren’t aware of any states that allow “kids with guns [to run] around the woods,” scared or otherwise. In fact, it almost sounds as if Durkee is the one trying to scare people. Even if the U.S. Park Rangers Lodge believes its own argument, the very best that can be said about them is that they are more concerned about protecting animals than humans.




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