Comment Period extended again, to August 8, 2008
The NPS has continued their stalling tactic, and moved the comment period out farther by a week, to August 8, 2008.
Relevant web pages are
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-15614.htm
for basic information,
and
http://tinyurl.com/6nab9n for
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=FWS-R9-NSR-2008-0062
to get to the link allowing you to comment and see other comments.
I just submitted the following comment:
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With regard to the proposal to amend regulations presently codified in 36 CFR part 2 and 50 CFR part 27, RIN 1024-AD70:
I am writing to express my full support for changes to the National Park System regulations that will bring Park regulations into alignment with state laws concerning possession of concealed firearms. There is extensive, solidly confirmed statistical evidence that such a change will enhance the safety of all visitors in the National Parks. Multiple publications by Professor John Lott demonstrate that jurisdictions allowing concealed carry of fire arms show a reduction in violent crime such as assault, murder, and rape. Predictions of increases in violence when concealed carry of firearms is allowed have not only not been borne out in ANY state that changed their laws on the matter, but in fact have been proven totally inaccurate.
Further, Professor Lott's and others' analysis of nationwide statistics show that that portion of the population who choose to meet state law requirements to obtain permits or licenses for concealed carry of firearms are as a group a much more law-abiding subset than the general population. By making it legal for this self-selecting group of law abiding gun owners to carry defensive fire arms in the parks, the regulations will increase the personal safety of those individuals and all Park visitors.
I urge the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service to modernize and improve the General Regulations a quickly as possible to bring those regulations into full alignment with the laws of each state on legal carry of concealed firearms.
Thank you.
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craig