In case anyone missed it, the New York Times ran an editorial the other day on Senator Allen's bid to overturn the National Park Service's long-held opposition to visitors carrying weapons in the parks.
Here's one snippet:
"If Americans want to feel
safer in their national parks, the proper solution is to increase park
funding, which has decayed steadily since the Bush administration took
office. To zealots who believe that the Second Amendment trumps all
others, the parks are merely another badland, like schools and church
parking lots, that could be cleaned up if the carrying of private
weapons were allowed. The concealed-weapon advocates are doing an
excellent job of sounding terrified by “lonely wilderness trails.” But
make no mistake. Senator Allen’s bill would make no one safer. It can
only endanger the public."
You can find the entire editorial here.
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