| CCW In National Parks Moves Forward |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Friday, 12 September 2008 | |
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 18-5 on Thursday to approve a bill by Sen. Jim DeMint which would allow people to carry firearms for personal protection in national parks and wildlife refuges if state law allows it, ending a 25 year ban. “The purpose of this bill is to protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks,” DeMint said. National Forests already allow firearms if state law permits them, and this would bring the parks and wildlife refuges in line with the Forests. Opponents of the bill claim it will make the parks more dangerous and encourage poaching, despite that fact that neither of those claims have come true in National Forests, State Parks, or anywhere else law abiding citizens are allowed to protect themselves with guns. This bill will now be moving forward in the process to becoming law, though it still has a ways to go. |