National Park Carry? Good manners, good sense, good grief?

[lastofthebreed]

Since it is illegal to discharge a firearm in Yellowstone, when the park rangers dispatch a nuisance bear by shooting it, are they breaking the law? Just kidding, I know there are exceptions LEOs.

 

[9MMare]

LOL,if it's very good to promote information that is wrong, then yeah the quote would have to be very good.

You DO NOT need a permit to carry in the NPs; you need whatever the state where the NP is located requires. If one can carry openly outside the Park without a permit (like it is here in WA) then you do not need a permit inside the park.

I believe that is what he wrote. If he didnt include the latter, it was implied in the former.

 

[FN in MT]

Just got in from three days at Glacier NP and we did a few hikes. We saw bears on each hike.
The Rangers in GNP will state that Carry IS legal IF You meet the legal requirements...but DISCHARGING a firearm ANYWHERE in the Park is ILLEGAL. Also...I can't think of a single building that ALLOWS any carry. All have signs.

They are having more issues with idiots and bear spray. Last week a tourist activated and drained an entire canister of bear spray in his motel room. Requiring NINE surrounding rooms to be cordoned off and later decontaminated. Wonder what THAT cost between lost fees and the decon?

I carry when hiking but do so VERY discretely. Otherwise the fools from NJ , NY etc....are either trying to rat you out to the Rangers, or voicing their indignation. Easier to hide it. And I carry bear spray as well.

 

[.308 Norma]

I carry when hiking but do so VERY discretely. Otherwise the fools from NJ , NY etc....are either trying to rat you out to the Rangers, or voicing their indignation. Easier to hide it. And I carry bear spray as well.

I wish I could have clicked a double "like" for that statement, FN in MT.
But I have to guess you're talking about "VERY" discrete carry when hiking in national parks, right? Way back in our backpacking days, my wife and I carried large revolvers and bear spray "VERY" openly for easy access. But then again, we seldom did any hiking in national parks. Most of our backpacking trips were into remote regions in Idaho. Sometimes we go 3 or 4 days between sightings of other humans.
BTW - we carried bear bells and whistles too, in spite of the stupid joke about grizzly scat having little bells and whistles in it, and smelling like pepper. We're still here, and neither of us has ever suffered a bear attack.