Does anyone have any information regarding this proposal?. I thought it was a " poison pill" amendment to the Credit Card Reform legislation, which passed.
Thanks
Mark
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Does anyone have any information regarding this proposal?. I thought it was a " poison pill" amendment to the Credit Card Reform legislation, which passed.
Thanks
Mark
Bi-Partisan Congressional Majority Moves To Restore Second Amendment in National Parks
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Fairfax, Va. ? Today NRA-backed legislation to restore the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in national parks and wildlife refuges passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 279-147, including 105 democrats. This was a major repudiation of the gun control community's anti self-defense agenda.
The current Department of Interior (DOI) regulations were amended by the Bush Administration in 2008, allowing law-abiding citizens to defend themselves by carrying a concealed firearm in national parks and wildlife refuges. However, early this year, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. granted anti-gun plaintiffs a preliminary injunction against implementation of the new rule. The NRA has been working for the past several years in the regulatory, legal, and legislative arenas to achieve this policy change.
?It has been an NRA priority to change the old, outdated rule, and we are pleased that Congress passed this critical legislation,? said Chris W. Cox, NRA?s chief lobbyist. ?This step brings clarity and uniformity for law-abiding gun owners visiting our national parks and wildlife refuges. NRA will continue to pursue every avenue to defend the American people?s right of self-defense.?
The National Park Service?s recent report revealed that 11 murders, 35 rapes, 61 robberies and 261 aggravated assaults occurred on parklands in 2006. Our parks also contain hidden methamphetamine labs, marijuana fields and illegal drug and illegal alien smuggling routes. In addition to these dangers and potential attacks from human predators, park visitors have to consider attacks from animal predators. Between April and December 2007 there were at least a dozen grizzly bear attacks reported by park visitors. Today, 31 states allow the carrying of firearms in state parks ? all with safe and satisfactory results.
This bill provides consistency across our nation?s federal lands and puts an end to the patchwork of regulations that govern different lands managed by different federal agencies. In the past, only Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service lands allowed the carrying of firearms, while National Parks and Wildlife Refuges did not.
In 1982, only six states allowed citizens to carry handguns for self-defense. Currently, 48 states have some process in place for issuing licenses or permits to allow law-abiding citizens to carry firearms for self-defense. The NRA has long held that the regulations needed to be updated to reflect this change.
This move restores the rights of law-abiding gun owners who wish to transport and carry firearms for lawful purposes on most DOI lands and makes federal law consistent with the state law in which these lands are located.
?This common-sense measure, offered by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), gives law-abiding gun owners the option of protecting themselves in our federal parks and refuges. We appreciate the efforts and leadership of Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representative Doc Hastings (R-WA) in ensuring a legislative remedy to amend out-of-date regulations and restore the Second Amendment rights of American gun owners,? concluded Cox.
-NRA-
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen?s organization. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military.
Hope this tells you what you wanted to know
Eric
Life Member NRA
Hey there Eric,
Thank you for your info/post. FINALLY a step in the/a right direction.
Mark
The surprising part is the DC court granting the injunction. It is the Heller decision from this past July which makes any other outcome all but impossible. And that was Heller vs DC...
Was shocked and saddened when I posted about the Ninth Circuit Court incorporating Heller in another lawsuit and got jumped by a whole bunch of other posters for being a "gun freak." It was a big surprise because the Ninth is notably anti-gun historically and the ruling is now the law, but they called me an instigator...
If they only knew what I can do... ;)
art looking about for tender spots to kick
The Credit Card bill hit Obama's desk intact and he signed it today. The provisions take effect in 9 months, so the handgun rules changes probably do officially at that point. I have not seen the exact language to state that for certain.
The new rules are better for pro-gun folks than GWB's version because the rules of each individual state are now going to apply. Under Bush's rule the firearms had to be concealed... How would the bears know you were armed? ;)
It has always been incredibly impractical to enter bear country unarmed...
art
Hap, that could get interesting in, say, Yellowstone, which is in three states...
The local national park here still has a sign up saying no firearms. Or it did a couple weeks ago.
Good point, but at least in the West many states are more similar to each other than say PA, NY and NJ...
The new rule is definitely better - allowing the rules of the states to apply. Helps eliminate the 'patchwork' problem of different laws in different places. However, note that most states have provisions in their concealed carry laws that allow for prohibiting guns in many locations. So depending on the state, you may or may not be allowed to carry loaded weapons into state parks.
Here is a good website for those of us that carry firearms:
Click on the state to read their laws.
http://opencarry.org/maps.html
Be certain to check out their home page too:
http://opencarry.org/index.html
You can take guns anywhere. But soon you won't be able to purchase ammo if this passes. Jim
Ammo-less Firearms Alert
Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009
It has already started.....
Ammunition Accountability Legislation
Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns?
Well, it seems that his allies in the anti-gun world have no problem with taking your ammo!
The bill 20 that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois and Indiana ) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacture a data base of all ammunition sales. So they will know how much you buy and what calibers.
Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009 unless the ammunition is coded.
Any privately held un coded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1, 2011. (Including hand loaded ammo.)
They will also charge a ..05 cent tax on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50 or more!
If they can deprive you of ammo they do not need to take your gun!
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This legislation is currently pending in 18 states:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington .
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Send to your friends in these states
AND
fight to dissolve this BILL!!
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To find more about the anti-gun group that is sponsoring this legislation and the
specific legislation for each state, go to:
http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm
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