National Park Carry Update - 47 Senaters sign letter to DOI

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Got this email today, take a look at a map of PA, lots of national park land in north central PA and other national parks in PA that you can't legally carry on or even travel in car with PA LTCF permit.

From: PA Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs [mailtofsc@pa.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:00 PM
To: PFSC
Subject: National Park Carry Update - 47 Senaters sign letter to DOI
12-20-07


Information provided by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL).


Pressure on the Department of the Interior (DOI) to change the rules in
National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges to allow law-abiding gun
owners
to carry guns for self-defense has just increased dramatically!

**Forty-seven** Senators have co-signed a letter from Senator Mike
Crapo to
Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI)
asking
DOI to allow state law to determine if guns can be carried in National
Parks
and National Wildlife Refuges in that state!

The letter (and a link to the PDF version of the letter) is below.

Virginia Senator Jim Webb signed the letter. Senator John Warner, as
usual,
was no where to be found. (Neither PA Senator signed the letter)

The NRA was apparently instrumental in getting this letter generated -
good
job. Now we need to help make this actually happen.

ACTION ITEMS:

We need to contact Senator Specter & Casey and urge them to let DOI know that they, too, support Senator Crapo's efforts.

Contact Info:
http://casey.senate.gov/ Casey, Robert P., Jr.- (D - PA)
383 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6324
Web Form: http://casey.senate.gov/contact.cfm
casey.senate.gov/contact.cfm

http://specter.senate.gov/ Specter, Arlen- (R - PA)
711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4254
Web Form:
http://specter.senate.gov/index.cfm?...ntactInfo.Home
specter.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInfo.Home

Subject - select "Second Amendment"

Suggested message:

I urge you to send a letter to the Department of the Interior
supporting the
efforts of Senator Crapo and 46 other Senators to allow state law to
determine if law-abiding citizens can carry a firearm for self-defense
while
visiting National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges. The right for a
citizen to defend himself is both Constitutionally protected and is not
negotiable.

Please let me know what you are going to do.

--

Here is a link to the letter and the text of the letter:

http://www.nraila.org/Media/PDFs/kempthorne_ltr.pdf

United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510

December 14, 2007

The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary
Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW.
Washington DC 20240

Dear Secretary Kempthorne:

We write today concerning a longstanding effort to have the National
Park
Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service remove their prohibitions on
law-abiding citizens from transporting and carrying firearms on lands
managed by these agencies.
We appeal to you on this matter in the interest of Second Amendment
rights
and consistency in
firearms policy across federal public land management agencies.

As you know, 36 CFR 2.4, applicable to the National Park Service, and
50 CFR
27.42, applicable to the Fish and Wildlife Service, prohibits
individuals
from possessing a firearm on lands managed by those agencies - even
citizens
with valid concealed weapons permits.

These regulations infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners, who
wish
to transport and carry firearms on or across these lands. Also, you
will
note that other federal land management agencies, such as the Bureau of
Land
Management and the Forest Service allow transporting and carrying of
firearms on these lands in accordance with the laws of the host state.
These
inconsistencies in firearms regulations for public lands are confusing,
burdensome, and unnecessary.

For these reasons, we support an exception to 36 CFR 2.4 and 50 CFR
27.42 to
allow law-abiding citizens to transport and carry firearms consistent
with
state law where the National Park Service's sites and the National
Wildlife
Refuges are located. Such regulatory changes would respect the Second
Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners, while providing a
consistent
application of state weapons laws across all land ownership boundaries.

We appreciate the opportunity to share our concerns with you. Please
treat
this letter in
conformance with all applicable procedural rules and ethical
guidelines.

Sincerely,

Senator Mike Crapo

Senator Max Baucus

Senator Larry Craig

Senator Tim Johnson

Senator Jim Inhofe

Senator Jon Tester

Senator David Vitter

Senator Mark Pryor

Senator Gordon Smith

Senator Blanche Lincoln

Senator Orrin Hatch

Senator Byron Dorgan

Senator Norm Coleman

Senator Ben Nelson

Senator Tom Coburn

Senator Jim Webb

Senator Judd Gregg

Senator Lisa Murkowski

Senator John Ensign

Senator John Sununu

Senator Ted Stevens

Senator Robert Bennett

Senator Saxby Chambliss

Senator Thad Cochran

Senator Johnny Isakson

Senator John Bunning

Senator Wayne Allard

Senator John Thune

Senator Chuck Grassley

Senator Bob Corker

Senator Trent Lott

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

Senator Pat Roberts

Senator Mel Martinez

Senator John Cornyn

Senator Richard Shelby

Senator Chuck Hagel

Senator Lindsey Graham

Senator Elizabeth Dole

Senator Mike Enzi

Senator John McCain

Senator John Barrasso

Senator Sam Brownback

Senator Pete Domenici

Senitor Jim DeMint

Senator Jeff Sessions

Senator Jon Kyl

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