Obama Admin to defend policy of allowing CCW in Nat Parks

[ericire12]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601151.html

The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks, even as it is internally reviewing whether the measure meets environmental muster.

In a response Friday to a lawsuit by gun-control and environmental groups, the Justice Department sought to block a preliminary injunction of the controversial rule. The regulation, which took effect Jan. 9, allows visitors to bring concealed, loaded guns into national parks and wildlife refuges; for more than two decades they were allowed in such areas only if they were unloaded or stored and dismantled.

The three groups seeking to overturn the rule -- the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees -- have argued that the Bush administration violated several laws in issuing the rule, such as failing to conduct an adequate environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act. They also argue that the new policy could deter some visitors, such as school groups, from visiting national landmarks.

In its reply, the Justice Department wrote that the new rule "does not alter the environmental status quo, and will not have any significant impacts on public health and safety."

[alfsauve]

Dang I hate to be wrong, but am very happy that none of the doom and gloom I predicted has happened yet.   Hats off to those who said Obama had bigger fish to fry in the first 100 days. 

However this is a technicality and we're not out of the woods yet.   Neither with the CCW in parks nor with gun control in general.   It will come up, eventually.    But I think bHO being narcissistic is working in our favor.

[tt11758]

Dang I hate to be wrong, but am very happy that none of the doom and gloom I predicted has happened yet.   Hats off to those who said Obama had bigger fish to fry in the first 100 days. 

However this is a technicality and we're not out of the woods yet.   Neither with the CCW in parks nor with gun control in general.   It will come up, eventually.    But I think bHO being narcissistic is working in our favor.

Could this be a strategy to try and get us to let down our guard and relax our vigilance?  NOT GONNA HAPPEN, DUDE!!!!!