Not likely. National Forests are large swaths of land, a lot of which is privately owned. There would be a huge amount of blowback if the feds tried to ban gun possession in National Forests. For instance, about half of the state of New Hampshire is the White Mountain National Forest, with all kinds of private land all through it. There is also a legitimate legal question over whether the feds even have the authority to do such a thing involving land that they do not own.KBCraig wrote:Unfortunately, there's some movement in the opposite direction: an attempt to move the USFS out of Agriculture and into Interior (same as national parks and monuments).
If our legislators don't fix the underlying law first, DoI will render national forests as "gun free" as national parks.
When you pass one of those signs saying that you are now entering the so-and-so national forest, it has more or less as much (or little) significance as a sign saying that you are now entering the so-and-so desert.
Bottom line: Don't worry about national forests.