NEWS RELEASE
CCRKBA URGES GUN OWNERS TO COMMENT ON PROPOSED NAT’L PARK RULES CHANGE
BELLEVUE, WA – American gun owners, especially those licensed to carry
concealed handguns, are urged to comment on a proposed Interior
Department rules change that would allow concealed carry in national
parks and national wildlife refuges.
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms sup****ts this
rule change.
“Citizens do not leave their right of self-defense at the gates of a
national park or the boundary of a wildlife refuge,” said CCRKBA
Chairman Alan Gottlieb, co-author of America Fights Back: Armed
Self-Defense in a Violent Age. “Millions of Americans legally carry
concealed for personal protection, and contrary to the rhetoric of
anti-gunners, parks and refuges are not immune to crime.
“According to National Park Service data,” he continued, “between 2002
and 2007, there were 63 homicides in national parks, 240 rapes or
attempted rapes, 309 robberies, 37 kidnappings and 1,277 aggravated
assaults. Opponents of this rule change dismiss those numbers as
insignificant, but those crimes are very significant to the victims!”
To comment on-line, simply visit www.regulations.gov and follow the
instructions for making public comment.
You can mail comments to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: 1024-AD70;
Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203.
“Opponents of this sensible rule change are already spreading hysteria
with claims that it will lead to poaching and reckless target shooting,
and make parks dangerous,” Gottlieb said, “and that is simply a lie. It
is the same extremist nonsense that anti-gunners preach when they oppose
state right-to-carry laws, and none of their wild predictions have ever
come true. Studies indicate that concealed carry actually reduces
violent crime.
“Changing the rules to recognize the progressive changes in state laws
over the past 25 years is both reasonable and responsible,” he
concluded. “Legally armed citizens have just as much right to enjoy
national parks as anyone.”
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