60 days to fire off opinion on guns in national parks

Visitors to national parks in Colorado and other Western states could soon be packing heat, as the Department of the Interior moves closer to implementing a rule that allows guns in some parks.

As the Jackson Hole News & Guide reports today:

The proposed rule change published Wednesday in the Federal Register would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry loaded guns into national parks and wildlife refuges in states that allow firearms in parks; the rule change would allow loaded guns in Grand Teton and Yellowstone as Wyoming does not ban guns in parks.

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has directed his department to
rewrite the policy for the national parks, with the idea that
federal regulations should "mirror" state laws on guns in parks.
That would mean guns could be allowed in national parks in states
where they are allowed in state parks.
   
Colorado allows guns in its state parks, as do about two dozen
other states, including much of the West.

Public comment on the proposal is being accepted for 60 days.

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