Three days from now (01/09/09) concealed carry within the national park system is once again a reality at least if you live in the right state and locallity.
That said, the Brady bunch has filed suit trying to prevent implementation of the new regulation saying that it is too confusing for mere mortals that have already maintained a law abiding life provable with a concealed carry permit.
The COALITION OF NPS RETIREES seems to think people care what they think. They believe that those same, well regulated concealed carryiers, are going to go berzurk when presented with the opportunity for Illegal “Impulse Killing” of Wildlife. Sure. The sight of Bambi is going to turn a law abiding citizen into a frothing mouth felon. Somehow this logic makes sense to them.
In reality, the filers of any lawsuit against the regulation change are probably just hoping to delay implementation until after the inauguration. If they can do that, they probably expect to be able to get the Obama administration to put a lethal injection into the regulation change.
Given Obama's documented lack of support for the Second Amendment, their expectation is quite reasonable.
I have had Guns in my life for as long as I can remember, Dad kept them in his Gun cabinet (the key was on top), the thought of going into the cabinet never, never entered my mind, annual deer hunting trips and some target shooting once in a while. This was something that I carried into my adult life
Like so many other out here, here is one more story of how they have striped off another one of our rights given to us by our forefathers.
My story put simply, and I’m not saying I was fully in the right, but let the punishment fit the crime!
My son had been misbehaving, (doing what he wanted, when he wanted, taking what he wanted, including breaking into my Gun Cabinet after breaking into my bedroom that also had a lockable door… ect) for several months. Finally I had had enough! So I spanked him (Used a belt)
I now know that spanking wasn’t the problem but the belt was! He reported me to the school system who in-turn called the Local PD. They called me in to get “my side of the story”. Well I found out real quick that I was already convicted in there eyes! And it really didn’t matter what I said! Charged with Felony Child Abuse, 10 years and $10,000, well that I was willing to fight, thought I had made it clear to my Attorney that I was unwilling to give up my rights to have fire arms this was in 1999. Charge was reduced to misdemeanor, (1 month Jail, 2 yrs Probation) I was not aware of the Lautenberg Amendment until well after the court date. I totally feel that the attorney was out for there own and only wanted the quick and easy buck, Yes I had “representation” at the hearings, as far as the law is concerned. But did I really? If I had known I would have pushed for the jury trial. Did my month in Jail and 18 months probation, they cut that short due to good behavior.
My son today even says that he deserved the spanking, just didn’t like the way it was done, or was it the fact that Dad had a girlfriend he was looking at getting remarried.
Now up to this time I had been pulled over for speeding, seatbelts and lights being inoperable on my car (bulbs had a bad connection oh yea it was the lamp for the license plate). Since that time, my only involvement with the PD has been, one of the officer and I became friends, and my stepson is involved with the Police reserve. He had no clue as to what had happened until I recently told him the basics of the story. Most of the people I know don’t view me as a violent person at all, and I’m involved with the local church.
A few years back I approached the local DA about getting the charges dropped or what ever we could do so that I could legally go hunting again, the response was learn to use a bow and arrow! You know what most people I talk to DO NOT know of the Lautenberg Amendment or what it entails. Lets make a little noise and let this be knows to all it’s the only way it will get changed back, Until then only the criminals will have firearms and those of us that obey the law will be without them. Oh should I say the state says I can get a hunting license they don’t care it’s the federal government that has the issue.
Remember the mass demonstrations of the late 1980's up to the time that Bill Clinton signed his (and Joe Biden's) infamous "assault weapon" ban? The largest demonstration was in Columbus, Ohio on May 30, 1989. Police estimated the crowd at 22,000. In Phoenix crowds were estimated at above 10,000, this on a mid-June day when the temperature would eventually rise to well above 105. It occurred to me that it would be a good idea to start gearing up for such demonstrations again. Hoping to provide some inspiration, I started digging around the Web for pictures. I am appalled to report that I could find no pictures of any pro-gun demonstration of the late 1980's. None. Zip. Nada. Google couldn't find an image, neither could Yahoo! It's as if Winston of 1984fame made it all go away. That's just paranoia on my part, but we're looking at paranoid times.It's time to get ready for a reprise. I well remember how uncomfortable gun people seemed to be coming out and marching with signs. They were strangely quiet, for a demonstration. Certainly they were well-mannered. Parks where the demonstrations occurred tended to be cleaner after the demonstration than before. Frankly, demonstrating in the street is not something that gun people take to easily. So let's start preparing the ground. If you have pictures from one of those demonstrations from the late 1980's and early 1990's, put them on the scanner. Don't have a scanner? Go to the nearest copy store or even to a drug store. Then post those photos to Flickr, Shutterfly, Picasa, PhotoBucket, or wherever you store your pictures, and send me a link. Send a link to every gun blogger you know. Send a link to me. Post it on your favorite forum. Spread 'em around. It's time to kick off the Great Virtual March for Gun Rights of 2008.
Don't be surprised if the next four years are the busiest we will ever have.
"The difference between the two tickets is clearest with regard to assault weapons. Senator Obama made his position clear in his acceptance speech in Denver when he said "the reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than they are for those plagued by gang violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals." And Senator Biden helped get a ban on assault weapons passed in 1994 and fought for its renewal in 2004.
In fact, Biden takes credit for helping write the 1994 AWB.
Only one question remains. Does this say more about Barack or the AHSA?
H.R.6691 is getting the attention of House representatives. Introduced July 31, it now has 130 cosponsors. August was relatively quite, but this month has seen a surge.
The bill takes gun control law away from the D.C. city council. If passed, the only laws that would remain in D.C. would related to concealed and open carry.
House votes to ease DC gun restrictionsBy JIM ABRAMS – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The pro-gun majority in the House has voted to make it easier for residents of the nation's capital to buy and own firearms.Democrats who favor gun rights joined Republicans in approving the measure backed by the National Rifle Association. It allows District of Columbia residents to possess semiautomatic handguns and eliminates rules that guns kept at home must be locked up and unloaded.The House vote comes three months after the Supreme Court ruled that the District's three-decade-old ban on possessing handguns violated Second Amendment rights to bear arms. Write Comment (0 Comments)
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fame made it all go away. That's just paranoia on my part, but we're looking at paranoid times. It's time to get ready for a reprise. I well remember how uncomfortable gun people seemed to be coming out and marching with signs. They were strangely quiet, for a demonstration. Certainly they were well-mannered. Parks where the demonstrations occurred tended to be cleaner after the demonstration than before. Frankly, demonstrating in the street is not something that gun people take to easily. So let's start preparing the ground. If you have pictures from one of those demonstrations from the late 1980's and early 1990's, put them on the scanner. Don't have a scanner? Go to the nearest copy store or even to a drug store. Then post those photos to Flickr, Shutterfly, Picasa, PhotoBucket, or wherever you store your pictures, and send me a link. Send a link to every gun blogger you know. Send a link to me. Post it on your favorite forum. Spread 'em around. It's time to kick off the Great Virtual March for Gun Rights of 2008. 
