PUBLIC SUBMISSION | As of: February 08, 2009 Tracking No. 80548dcd Comments Due: August 08, 2008 |
Docket: FWS-R9-NSR-2008-0062
General Regulations for Areas Administered by the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service
Comment On: FWS-R9-NSR-2008-0062-0001
General Regulations for Areas Administered by the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service
Document: FWS-R9-NSR-2008-0062-2302
Comment on FR Doc # E8-09606
Columbia, MO, 65201
Government Agency Type: FederalI am a law-abiding U.S. Citizen who has a deep love for our national parks. This
idea to set aside land that cannot be developed for the enjoyment of all is one of
the greatest ideas our culture has come up with.
I also love this country and my life, and as such I believe my right to keep AND
BEAR arms should not be infringed.
Practically by reflexive definition, a criminal is willing to break the law. Outlawing
firearms in national parks only serves to keep law-biding citizens like myself from
being able to protect ourselves in dangerous situations, be they the rare
dangerous wildlife encounter or worse, an encounter with a criminal human being
who already plans to ignore laws against assault, robbery, kidnapping or rape and
has no qualms about extending that list to carrying a firearm in a national park.
Our national parks are often some of the most remote places in the country -- part
of the reason I love to visit them and enjoy nature away from crowds, away from
buildings, wires, roads and the other worthwhile but sometimes overbearingly
pervasive trappings of modern life. These places are, by their nature, also the
farthest away from help.
I am not there to hunt or to damage wildlife or cause a nussiance by firing a
firearm. I'd just like the ability to carry a little insurance with me on the odd
chance that something might go dreadfully wrong and life or limb is endangered.
Hunting in our national parks is typically illegal. So is murder, rape, and robery.
These don't become any less illegal by allowing citizens to bear arms while
enjoying them. Law-abiding citizens understand this and won't do it. Those who
will do it will not be deterred by these laws pertaining to firearms. Please repeal
laws that prevent us from carrying any firearm in a National Parks and and other
public lands.
Thank you,
Phil Leith