Are guns REALLY illegal on the DC Mall? revisited!

    (b) Effective <<NOTE: 15 USC 1638 note.>> Date.--The amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on March 12, 2009.
SEC. 512. <<NOTE: 16 USC 1a-7b.>> PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM 
VIOLENT CRIME.

(a) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution provides that 
``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be 
infringed''.
(2) Section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations, provides that ``except as otherwise provided in 
this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska 
regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a 
weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) 
Using a weapon, trap or net''.

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(3) Section 27.42 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
provides that, except in special circumstances, citizens of the 
United States may not ``possess, use, or transport firearms on 
national wildlife refuges'' of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
(4) The regulations described in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
prevent individuals complying with Federal and State laws from 
exercising the second amendment rights of the individuals while 
at units of--
(A) the National Park System; and
(B) the National Wildlife Refuge System.
(5) The existence of different laws relating to the 
transportation and possession of firearms at different units of 
the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System 
entrapped law-abiding gun owners while at units of the National 
Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System.
(6) Although the Bush administration issued new regulations 
relating to the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens 
in units of the National Park System and National Wildlife 
Refuge System that went into effect on January 9, 2009--
(A) on March 19, 2009, the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary 
injunction with respect to the implementation and 
enforcement of the new regulations; and
(B) the new regulations--
(i) are under review by the administration; 
and
(ii) may be altered.
(7) Congress needs to weigh in on the new regulations to 
ensure that unelected bureaucrats and judges cannot again 
override the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens on 
83,600,000 acres of National Park System land and 90,790,000 
acres of land under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
(8) The Federal laws should make it clear that the second 
amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National Park 
System or the National Wildlife Refuge System should not be 
infringed.

(b) Protecting the Right of Individuals To Bear arms in Units of the 
National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation 
that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm including an 
assembled or functional firearm in any unit of the National Park System 
or the National Wildlife Refuge System if--
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from 
possessing the firearm; and
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the 
law of the State in which the unit of the National Park System 
or the National Wildlife Refuge System is located.




there are 3 pages in the old thread, read them to get up to speed.
read this cite carefully,,  dreamer has good ideas,,  deanf has good rebuttles,,
im on the fence,,  this is interesting stuff!