bmeldrum wrote:
Just so I am clear, there is no oc in National Parks until Feb 2010? If I have my permit I'm perfectly fine to conceal when I'm in the park andgo about my business but if I don't have my permit just keep it in the vehicle (probably a secure container)?
Under currently enforced rules, there is NO CARRY period inside National Parks for us mere taxpaying citizens.
Not open, not concealed, not loaded, not unloaded, not readily accessible in the car, nada.
The only currently legal way to have a firearm inside most National Parks (there are a few exceptions in some parks in Alaska, I understand) is for the gun to be unloaded, and not readily accessible for use. I hate to quibble over nomenclature too much, but so far as I'm concerned, that is not "carrying" a gun. The best one might call it is "transporting" a gun.
And so far as I understand--and someone PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong--even when the Coburn amendment becomes law in Feb 2010, it will STILL be illegal to take a firearm into any federal building including National Park Visitor Centers. Not sure whether remote toilets will fall under that ban or not. Also not sure how the ever increasing use of shuttle buses inside parks plays into this. But certainly give some thought to how you will handle the legalities of using the toilet at a Visitor Center before striking off on that all day hike with your gun following Feb 2010.
Charles