Bush Reverses Decades Old National Park Handgun Ban

President Bush reversed a two and a half decade long Regan era ban that prohibited handguns in national parks. Now the gun control advocates are “shocked” according to the liberal press and the National Parks Conservation Association is also opposing the change. This reversal means that licensed gun owners can now carry a handgun for protection in a national park.

 

I read a quote by Bob DeGross who is a Public Information Officer for the Big Cypress Preserve in Florida. DeGross said, “Obviously, law enforcement officers will have to be more on guard.”

 

What did that statement mean?  A law enforcement officer must ALWAYS be on guard regardless of the presence of some ban that offered false sense of security to law-abiding citizens.  

 

If a bad person wants to commit a crime with a handgun, they are not going to let a handgun ban in a national park stop them. All the entire ban did was prohibit the average American citizen from protecting themselves. It’s not like there is a Park Ranger behind every tree to protect us.

 

Anti gun groups such as Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence adamantly oppose the Bush reversal which was endorsed by the National Rifle Association and backed by 51 of the 100 U.S Senators.

 

What do you think ?

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