Speaking Of Guns

I just got this news release from The Citizens Committee For The Right To Keep and Bear Arms

You will no longer be forced to disarm before you enter
National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges. Last June the Supreme
Court’s ruled that an individual has the right to keep and bear
arms and has forever put to rest the idea that the Second Amendment
protects some sore of, “Collective Right” to bear arms only in the
militia. The right of every person born to protect themselves from
harm predates the Constitution of The United States.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ET AL. v. HELLER

So. Arm yourself. Get trained up. Take responsibility for your own defense.

“CCRKBA HAILS INTERIOR DEPT. RULING ON CONCEALED CARRY IN NATIONAL PARKS

BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s announcement that the Interior
Department has amended its rules and will henceforth allow licensed
concealed carry in national parks was hailed as a victory for the
Second Amendment by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and
Bear Arms.

“No longer will American citizens be required to leave their
right of self-defense at the gates of a national park,” said
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This common-sense change in
regulations reflects not only changes in the laws of 48 states, but
more importantly the Supreme Court’s ruling in June that upheld
the individual right to keep and bear arms that is protected by the
Second Amendment.”

Under the rule change, individuals may carry concealed handguns in
national parks and wildlife refuges only if they are licensed to
carry under the laws of the state in which the park or refuge is
located. This new rule does not allow the illegal carrying of any
firearm, nor will it allow hunting, target practice or poaching.

“We are delighted that the Interior Department has taken this
step,” Gottlieb stated. “This was never an issue of opening
parks to hunting or recreational shooting, and the extremist
opponents of this measure know it. This has always been about
personal protection in areas where law enforcement may be hours away,
or not available at all, in an emergency.

“As with the adoption of concealed carry laws in dozens of
states over the past several years,” he added, “we are
confident that passage of time will prove that all the alarmist
rhetoric about poaching and increase danger to families and
especially children was deliberately misleading.

“With the nation facing drastic budget cuts,” Gottlieb
said, “this rule change comes at the right moment. It recognizes
the inability of park officials to provide adequate law enforcement
services, particularly in the back country. We are confident that
passage of time will prove that this rule change, like the adoption
of sensible concealed carry laws in dozens of states over the past 20
years, improves public safety and deters criminal behavior.”