VA-ALERT: VCDL vs National Parks, Round 2!

[W.E.G.]

VA-ALERT: VCDL vs National Parks, Round 2!



-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Van Cleave
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:31 PM
Subject: VA-ALERT: VCDL vs National Parks, Round 2!


VCDL has presented a **new** Petition for Rule Making (PRM) to the
Department of the Interior (DOI)! The PRM asks for a change in the
National Park Service's rules which would require that each park
assimilate the gun laws of the state where the park is located.

As you might recall, VCDL's original PRM was turned down by the DOI
under the flimsiest of grounds, two years after they received the PRM.

The new PRM takes into account the "concerns" that the DOI had with
the original PRM and adds new, stronger language with additional
justification for the request.

This effort falls on the heels of the letter that 47 US Senators sent
to the Department of the Interior requesting that the rules be changed
to allow law-abiding citizens to carry in National Parks.

The DOI is now under pressure from at least two different directions
to fix the National Park Service's firearm's regulations.

Click here to see the PRM:

http://www.vcdl.org/pdf/VCDLPRM_010408.pdf

The fight continues!

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(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to
Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.

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[Smurfslayer]

New update

You can go to http://bighammer.net/timeline.html & click on 'go directly to the most recent updates.

see how the scientists have to sign waivers of their personal safety to be granted a permit to research in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument...

This in the era of "safe" parks

 

[green-grizzly]

It seems to me a lot of gun owners are fairly indifferent about this issue. Why do you think this is, say in comparison to the AWB? It seems like the complete ban on firearms in an area twice the size of Pennsylvania is more important than some cosmetic features on semi-automatic rifles.

 

[LAR-15]

That Taylor-Goodrich person sure claims to be a ballistics/gun expert when it comes to guns and animals.

And "untrained"???

Is she a trained expert in one stop shots on charging cougars?

 

[green-grizzly]

Senator Coburn has introduced an amendment (SA 3967) to remove the ban by statute. http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cg...ISdocID=41937921875+2+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve. There are 13 cosponsors.

 

[Smurfslayer]

Thanks GG. We've been in touch with Senator Coburn's office. I think that you're correct in your observations too.

LAR15: As a matter of fact not. If you read the supplemental info section of the new petition, as well as my FOIA response from September 2007, you can see she admitted she had no evidence to support that claim - in other words, they lied.

A lot of traction is gained by keeping the pressure up, so pick the phone up and call your congressional "peeps". There's much more to come.

 

[LAR-15]

I have been

Coburn's amendment will pass if brought up for a vote but I bet Pelosi/Reid et al will strip it out before final passage.