A step in the right direction BUT it should be expanded to anyone having a valid concealed carry permit in ANY state to be allowed to do same in any National Park. The rationale is that National Parks are ,with few exceptions, outside the legal jurisdiction of the state in which they are located. So why the requirement of concealed carry permit to be issued by the state in which the park is located? Concealed carry permits are not easily obtained in any state and some positive assumptions regarding those who DO have them could be made by the NPS.

Mark