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07-05-2008, 09:17 AM
Posted by Jeff Mayor @ 04:02:05 pm
The Department of Interior earlier today announced a 30-day extension so the public could comment on proposed changes in rules regarding guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.
Comments are now due July 30. The initial comment period ended on Monday.
Sean Smith of the National Park Conservation Association’s Seattle office said in an e-mail that on June 26, the chairmen of the House and Senate subcommittees with jurisdiction over national parks wrote Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne requesting the extension.
Smith wrote that Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, said the previous 60-day comment period was an inadequate amount of time for the public to comment “on such a controversial and complex proposal.”
The department’s proposal would allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges in states where guns are allowed in parks and refuges under state law. The current rules require guns to be unloaded and locked away during visits to parks and refuges.
The proposed change can be read by clicking here. (http://www.doi.gov/)
Click here to send comments, which should be identified by the number 1024-AD70. (http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp)
The Department of Interior earlier today announced a 30-day extension so the public could comment on proposed changes in rules regarding guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.
Comments are now due July 30. The initial comment period ended on Monday.
Sean Smith of the National Park Conservation Association’s Seattle office said in an e-mail that on June 26, the chairmen of the House and Senate subcommittees with jurisdiction over national parks wrote Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne requesting the extension.
Smith wrote that Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks, and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, said the previous 60-day comment period was an inadequate amount of time for the public to comment “on such a controversial and complex proposal.”
The department’s proposal would allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges in states where guns are allowed in parks and refuges under state law. The current rules require guns to be unloaded and locked away during visits to parks and refuges.
The proposed change can be read by clicking here. (http://www.doi.gov/)
Click here to send comments, which should be identified by the number 1024-AD70. (http://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp)