An about face in Congress on the National Park Bill

[artx]

anyone have the bill text? Are bldgs still off limits as with the previous Bush rule?

[Bob Landry]

Lets be realistic. We shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, but we certainly need to understand just how and why this happened and in doing so be aware which end of the horse it came from. There has been no turnaround concerning the Liberal bedwetters disdain for the 2nd Amendment. The reason, and the ONLY reason, Reid allowed ths to stay attached to the credit card bill is that he is up for relection next year, Nevada has a lot of Pro 2nd Amendment voters, and his relection effort is in the pits to the extent Obummer is going to go out there and stump for him. It's all about maintaining his power and nothing else. he's just being his usual scum-bag self. That they would have us believe there wsn't time to send it back to commitee to stip it from the bill is pure bull. Dingy Harry could have done anything he wanted and still make it to Obummers desk in time. Don't be fooled b these elected prostitutes. They are going to serve their own agendas.. PERIOD..

[bdickens]

Hey, now. Calling our elected officials prostitutes is uncalled for.

Prostitutes are at least honest about what they do.

[One Shot]

Found this, not sure if it's the final version of the amendment.
Rubber meets the road in the last three paragraphs. No mention of buildings in the parks, but they're stll federal buildings.
SEC. __. PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM VIOLENT CRIME.

(a) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds the following:

(1) The Second Amendment to the Constitution provides that ``the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed''.

(2) Section 2.4(a)(1) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, provides that ``except as otherwise provided in this section and parts 7 (special regulations) and 13 (Alaska regulations), the following are prohibited: (i) Possessing a weapon, trap or net (ii) Carrying a weapon, trap or net (iii) Using a weapon, trap or net''.

(3) Section 27.42 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, provides that, except in special circumstances, citizens of the United States may not ``possess, use, or transport firearms on national wildlife refuges'' of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(4) The regulations described in paragraphs (2) and (3) prevent individuals complying with Federal and State laws from exercising the second amendment rights of the individuals while at units of--

(A) the National Park System; and

(B) the National Wildlife Refuge System.

(5) The existence of different laws relating to the transportation and possession of firearms at different units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System entrapped law-abiding gun owners while at units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System.

(6) Although the Bush administration issued new regulations relating to the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens in units of the National Park System and National Wildlife Refuge System that went into effect on January 9, 2009--

(A) on March 19, 2009, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction with respect to the implementation and enforcement of the new regulations; and

(B) the new regulations--

(i) are under review by the administration; and

(ii) may be altered.

(7) Congress needs to weigh in on the new regulations to ensure that unelected bureaucrats and judges cannot again override the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens on 83,600,000 acres of National Park System land and 90,790,000 acres of land under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(8) The Federal laws should make it clear that the second amendment rights of an individual at a unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System should not be infringed.

(b) Protecting the Right of Individuals to Bear arms in Units of the National Park System and the National Wildlife Refuge System.--The Secretary of the Interior shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm including an assembled or functional firearm in any unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System if--

(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm; and

(2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the State in which the unit of the National Park System or the National Wildlife Refuge System is located.


(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on May 12, 2009.)

[hheremtp]

Hey, now. Calling our elected officials prostitutes is uncalled for.

Prostitutes are at least honest about what they do.

Yeah, how dare you insult a woman of the night in that manner!