Court blocks rule allowing guns in national parks

[davepc]

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a federal rule allowing people to carry concealed, loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly halts a change in regulations issued in the waning days of the Bush administration and orders further review. She set an April 20 deadline for the Interior Department to review the rule and indicate its course of action in response to the injunction.

The rule, which took effect Jan. 11, allowed visitors to carry a loaded gun into a park or wildlife refuge as long as the person had a permit for a concealed weapon and the state where the park or refuge was located allowed concealed firearms. Previously, guns in parks had been severely restricted.

The Obama administration had said it was reviewing the Bush rule but had defended it in court.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090320/ap_on_go_ot/guns_national_parks

[Taverner]

1. This is not a 2nd ammendment issue at heart, its a poaching issue

[jody]

2. Poaching is already illegal and unaffected by the policy the federal judge blocked. n/t

[davepc]

3. Who the hell would poach with a concealed pistol?

[TheWraith]

6. Someone with a deathwish.

Try taking down an elk with a pistol small enough to be concealed and see how far you get.

[pipoman]

4. Nonsense

with or without this rule poachers use guns in National Parks just as other criminals do. This rule only effects those not committing crime. Further discharge of a firearm in a National Park will still bring a ranger.

[Tim01]

5. Tens of thousands people carry concealed all day every day

And it is rarely even noticed. But they have to disarm if they go to a park because it is different from the rest of the country.
Doesn't make any sense at all.