Nat'l Park Carry: Why we should work to preserve it.

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As beautiful as they might be, you never know when you're going to come up against someone who shouldn't possess weapons. I'd hate to be unarmed with someone like this around.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/02/justice/washington-ranger-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Sadly, this type of event will probably be used by anti's/Obama admin as evidence for making Nat'l Parks "sensitive places".

It's going to be hard to claim a place is sensitive when thousands of people can walk in and out without any kind of scrutiny.

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"The shooting renewed debate about a federal law that made it legal for people to take loaded weapons into national parks. The 2010 law made possession of firearms subject to state gun laws.

Bill Wade, the outgoing chair of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, said Congress should be regretting its decision.

"The many congressmen and senators that voted for the legislation that allowed loaded weapons to be brought into the parks ought to be feeling pretty bad right now,'' Wade said.

Wade called Sunday's fatal shooting a tragedy that could have been prevented. He hopes Congress will reconsider the law that took effect in early 2010, but doubts that will happen in today's political climate.

Calls and emails to the National Rifle Association requesting comment were not immediately returned on Monday.

The NRA said media fears of gun violence in parks were unlikely to be realized, the NRA wrote in a statement about the law after it went into effect. "The new law affects firearms possession, not use,'' it said.

The group pushed for the law saying people have a right to defend themselves against park animals and other people.

King said the park would remain closed Tuesday as the investigation continued and the rangers grieve the loss of their colleague.

"We have been through a horrific experience,'' King said. ``We're going to need a little time to regroup.''"

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Full article here:

Associated Press

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"The many congressmen and senators that voted for the legislation that allowed loaded weapons to be brought into the parks ought to be feeling pretty bad right now,'' Wade said.

Wade called Sunday's fatal shooting a tragedy that could have been prevented. He hopes Congress will reconsider the law that took effect in early 2010, but doubts that will happen in today's political climate.
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This is exactly what I was referring to. This intellectually challenged individual (Wade) clearly thinks that the perpetrator would naturally have disarmed upon entering Nat'l Forest areas if it were illegal to possess weapons there, or even better, not gone there at all.

The stupidity of such a statement is beyond belief.