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As most all ready know as of early 2010 guns are allowed in all but about 20 of the 392 locations the National Park Service governs, including Yellowstone, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Firearms will be prohibited in visitors' centers and park rangers' offices because of a separate law banning guns in buildings where federal employees work. Nothing would prohibit the carrying of weapons into hotels, restaurants and other facilities in the parks operated by private companies.
David Barna, chief of public affairs for the National Park Service, said the laws are now the same inside and outside of the park gates.
"The law doesn't change when you enter a park," Barna said. "What you see in the parks shouldn't be any different than what you see outside the park."
With the above info a few weeks back I was on a motorcycle camping trip at Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mojave which is part of the Lake Mead National recreation area. On my motorcycle a south paw the person taking the park fee has a birds eyes view of my firearm and as in the past never said a word and very friendly. After paying a fee to enter an area my taxes already pay for I headed for the campground and rode past a sing saying loaded firearms prohibitive.
I e-mailed the Lake Mead National Recreation headquarters and got a reply asking for info on the location of the sign and thanked me for helping them track down the inaccurate sign.
Firearms will be prohibited in visitors' centers and park rangers' offices because of a separate law banning guns in buildings where federal employees work. Nothing would prohibit the carrying of weapons into hotels, restaurants and other facilities in the parks operated by private companies.
David Barna, chief of public affairs for the National Park Service, said the laws are now the same inside and outside of the park gates.
"The law doesn't change when you enter a park," Barna said. "What you see in the parks shouldn't be any different than what you see outside the park."
With the above info a few weeks back I was on a motorcycle camping trip at Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mojave which is part of the Lake Mead National recreation area. On my motorcycle a south paw the person taking the park fee has a birds eyes view of my firearm and as in the past never said a word and very friendly. After paying a fee to enter an area my taxes already pay for I headed for the campground and rode past a sing saying loaded firearms prohibitive.
I e-mailed the Lake Mead National Recreation headquarters and got a reply asking for info on the location of the sign and thanked me for helping them track down the inaccurate sign.