Our National Parks are basically sanctuaries for the wildlife that call them home. They are also a sanctuary for the millions of people who visit them. The biggest danger one should face is from ones own stupidity for hassling the animals. Tired, unruly children can cause tempers to run thin. Knowing someone who has had enough might be carrying a concealed weapon and feel called upon to use it does not give me comfort. The system for detection now is flawed. True. But why not mend it rather than making it easier? Of more importance, I think it will increase the odds for poaching some of those magnificent animals. Maybe that, too, goes on now. I don't know, but why make it easier?/Dogwalk Musings. More here.

Question: Do you support action by the Bush administration to allow guns in most national parks, if someone has a concealed weapons permit?

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