Proposed rule change

Friday, May 02, 2008
The nation’s national parks and national monuments have long been off-limits to loaded firearms, but that could change under a proposed new rule under consideration by the Interior Department.
The department has opened for a 60-day public comment period the proposed rule change that would allow people with concealed-weapons permits to carry them on lands administered by the National Park Service under certain circumstances. They also would have to be eligible to carry concealed weapons on similar lands in the state that is home to the park or monument.
The proposed new rule followsof a letter in which 51 senators, including Wayne Allard, R-Colo., urged Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to update regulations that prohibit carrying firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges.
Supporters of the proposed change said they saw no reason for the ban in the first place.

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