Senate backs bill allowing guns in national parks....attaches it to credit card legislation????

[marmar]

Now you can bust a cap in Smokey the Bear and charge the bullets to do it at a lower interest rate :wtf:



via ABC News:



Senate Backs Allowing Guns in National Parks
Senate backs amendment to allow loaded guns in national parks

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON May 12, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press


The Senate on Tuesday backed an amendment that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., sponsored the measure, which he said would protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. The amendment allows firearms in parks and wildlife refuges, as long as they are allowed by federal, state and local law.

"If an American citizen has a right to carry a firearm in their state, it makes no sense to treat them like a criminal if they pass through a national park while in possession of a firearm," Coburn said.

Twenty-seven Democrats joined 39 Republicans and one independent in supporting the amendment, which was attached to a bill imposing restrictions on credit card companies. The amendment was approved 67-29.

Groups supporting gun control, park rangers and retirees opposed the amendment, which they said went further than a Bush administration policy that briefly allowed loaded handguns in national parks and refuges.


http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=7571185

[X_Digger]

1. So it allows the states in which the parks reside..

.. to decide whether or not concealed carry will be prohibited or not? Cool, I can get behind that.

[vadawg]

14. yup i always thought it was dumb that i could carry in virginia but as soon as i hit shenandoah

i have to put my weapon out of reach, though the the rangers did tell me to still carry just dont let anyone see it. This rule makes a lot of sense for legal carriers, because the bad guys are already carrying.

[spanone]

2. ...

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[Redneck Socialist]

5. That's a lot of popcorn. n/t

[aikoaiko]

3. the amendment has bipartisan support.

I support it, too.

[rwheeler31]

4. These dam arms dealers never stop.

[depakid]

6. Must have guns everywhere-

[X_Digger]

8. See you, and raise one..

[depakid]

11. Call

Diggers are tough as nails ANZAC folks, who have the courage and foresight to lay their guns aside when they come home.

Have a look- starting here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(soldier)

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. ...

[Junkdrawer]

12. +1

:rofl:

[FLAprogressive]

7. Sounds good to me.

[Hoopla Phil]

10. I've got no problem with this.

[Junkdrawer]

13. This is a dead-of-the-night type of deal....

I doubt the Senate would pass this on its own in a separate bill.

But if they can please the NRA and take no heat...