maquimike
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I'm a new member, so please bear with me if this has been covered before.
I'm not truly an OC crusader or anything, but I do admire what the activists on this board are trying to achieve. I actually prefer to CC on most occasions, because I just don't want the hassle of "explaining" my rights to my skittish neighbors.
But I do a lot of back country hiking, and prefer to be armed when I'm hiking alone through remote country -- and not necessarily for protection against bears and cougars either. And CC while wearing a 25 pound pack is tough. So I figured I would strap my leg holster on and head out, right?
At Olympic NP a couple of weeks ago, however, I started out on a 7-mile roundtrip hike and at the trailhead encountered a sign stating "No Weapons Allowed on Trail". Now, I'm not naive enough to assume that WA state law will apply in all cases in a national park, but this actually caught me by surprise. Why would the NPS not allow weapons in the backcountry? And how can they get away with taking my 2A rights like that?
By the way, there is NO indication on any NPS website that I can find that mentions a prohibition on weapons.
I'm a new member, so please bear with me if this has been covered before.
I'm not truly an OC crusader or anything, but I do admire what the activists on this board are trying to achieve. I actually prefer to CC on most occasions, because I just don't want the hassle of "explaining" my rights to my skittish neighbors.
But I do a lot of back country hiking, and prefer to be armed when I'm hiking alone through remote country -- and not necessarily for protection against bears and cougars either. And CC while wearing a 25 pound pack is tough. So I figured I would strap my leg holster on and head out, right?
At Olympic NP a couple of weeks ago, however, I started out on a 7-mile roundtrip hike and at the trailhead encountered a sign stating "No Weapons Allowed on Trail". Now, I'm not naive enough to assume that WA state law will apply in all cases in a national park, but this actually caught me by surprise. Why would the NPS not allow weapons in the backcountry? And how can they get away with taking my 2A rights like that?
By the way, there is NO indication on any NPS website that I can find that mentions a prohibition on weapons.