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Keep Loaded Guns Out of Our National Parks
Target: Interior Secretary Ken SalazarSponsored by: Care2.com
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has been pushing hard to allow loaded guns in America's national parks. Under intense political pressure by the NRA, the Bush Administration finalized new regulations in December that will allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed firearms in national parks.
But the NRA is trying to fix a problem that does not exist. Under the current firearm regulations – which were updated under the Reagan Administration – it is not unlawful to have firearms in national parks; they just have to be unloaded and safely stowed. It is a limited and reasonable requirement that enables rangers to do the job of protecting park resources and ensuring visitor safety.
Please sign our petition to the new Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and urge that the Obama Administration reverse this terrible regulation that will make our beautiful national parks less safe for our wildlife and our families.
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# 8,517:
1:49 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Spencer Henry, Florida
Yes I hpoe the regulation ,be reverse this regulstion to the new Secreary Ken Salazar.For the true way of freedon and life.
Yes I hpoe the regulation ,be reverse this regulstion to the new Secreary Ken Salazar.For the true way of freedon and life.
# 8,516:
12:08 pm PDT, Mar 20,
CLAIRE JONES, California
There is no reason for guns in the parks. Stop the insanity and change the law back to what it was. do we have to wait until a few tourists are killed before we recognize the insanity of allowing guns where they should not be used? as for the animals, does it make sense to allow guns in a place intended as a safe haven for them? protect the tourists and the animals, no guns in state parks!
There is no reason for guns in the parks. Stop the insanity and change the law back to what it was. do we have to wait until a few tourists are killed before we recognize the insanity of allowing guns where they should not be used? as for the animals, does it make sense to allow guns in a place intended as a safe haven for them? protect the tourists and the animals, no guns in state parks!
# 8,515:
10:55 am PDT, Mar 20,
Heather Wendel, Michigan
I am concerned about the safety of humans as well as wildlife if loaded firearms are to be allowed in our national parks. I feel that this only invites future trouble and leaves me feeling unsettled. Loaded firearms have their place, but not in our national parks.
I am concerned about the safety of humans as well as wildlife if loaded firearms are to be allowed in our national parks. I feel that this only invites future trouble and leaves me feeling unsettled. Loaded firearms have their place, but not in our national parks.
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9:17 am PDT, Mar 20,
Lubes Khazanovich, Minnesota
I just do not want anyone to get hurt.
I just do not want anyone to get hurt.
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5:41 am PDT, Mar 20,
PABLO GRIFFITH, California
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Ki Coulson, California
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Kelly Sobotka, Oklahoma
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Tere Magaņa, Oregon
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Simon Duval, California
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Lorraine Leone, Florida
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4:08 am PDT, Mar 19,
L. Popovich, California
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12:09 am PDT, Mar 19,
Sherry Horne Taylor, North Carolina
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8:32 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Carly Goteiner, New York
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8:16 am PDT, Mar 18,
Jacqueline Robinson, Georgia
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5:58 am PDT, Mar 18,
Linda Mason, New Hampshire
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4:48 am PDT, Mar 18,
Charles Limoges, New York
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3:08 pm PDT, Mar 17,
NAM G-M, Illinois
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2:55 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Name not displayed, South Carolina
For peace and safety, please keep loaded firearms out of our national parks.
For peace and safety, please keep loaded firearms out of our national parks.
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1:06 pm PDT, Mar 17,
Name not displayed, California
my husband and I camped at a national park approximately 2 years ago. It was the most terrifying experience. A group of men camping next to us were drinking by their campfire for sometime and decided to pull out there guns in the middle of the night and started shooting up in the air. These men were drunk and had loaded guns in their hands. Crazy and Dangerous! It was only my husband & I. We left as fast as we could. No one should have to feel the fear of being harmed. This includes animals.
my husband and I camped at a national park approximately 2 years ago. It was the most terrifying experience. A group of men camping next to us were drinking by their campfire for sometime and decided to pull out there guns in the middle of the night and started shooting up in the air. These men were drunk and had loaded guns in their hands. Crazy and Dangerous! It was only my husband & I. We left as fast as we could. No one should have to feel the fear of being harmed. This includes animals.
# 8,498:
11:23 am PDT, Mar 17,
Connie Taylor, South Carolina
Dear Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, I am deeply troubled by a December regulation that passed during the Bush Administration allowing loaded firearms in our national parks. These changes will make poaching of park wildlife easier, change the relationship between rangers and visitors and create new safety hazards. There are meaningful and reasonable rules already in place since 1983 that allow gun owners to safely stow their unloaded weapons while in national parks. I do not believe this is too much to ask. The current regulations, which were updated under the Reagan Administration, have been successful at maintaining our national parks as safe family destinations. In fact, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, there were 1.65 violent crimes per 100,000 national park visitors in 2006 -- making national parks some of the safest places in the United States. I urge you to reverse this terrible regulation, and restore the safety of our national parks for our wildlife and our families. Sincerely, Connie Taylor
Dear Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, I am deeply troubled by a December regulation that passed during the Bush Administration allowing loaded firearms in our national parks. These changes will make poaching of park wildlife easier, change the relationship between rangers and visitors and create new safety hazards. There are meaningful and reasonable rules already in place since 1983 that allow gun owners to safely stow their unloaded weapons while in national parks. I do not believe this is too much to ask. The current regulations, which were updated under the Reagan Administration, have been successful at maintaining our national parks as safe family destinations. In fact, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, there were 1.65 violent crimes per 100,000 national park visitors in 2006 -- making national parks some of the safest places in the United States. I urge you to reverse this terrible regulation, and restore the safety of our national parks for our wildlife and our families. Sincerely, Connie Taylor
# 8,497:
4:26 am PDT, Mar 17,
Jacques Fleming, Tennessee
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4:11 am PDT, Mar 17,
Pamela Henry, South Carolina
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1:24 am PDT, Mar 17,
Davina Martin, Florida
you don't need loaded weapons to enjoy the scenery & wildlife in the parks.
you don't need loaded weapons to enjoy the scenery & wildlife in the parks.
# 8,494:
10:55 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Kelsey GibbHowell, Virginia
I would not feel safe in any park that allowed loaded firearms.
I would not feel safe in any park that allowed loaded firearms.
# 8,493:
10:24 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Peace Activist, Australia
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8:53 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Eve Blanton Otten, Washington
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7:27 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Brenna Henry, California
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7:05 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Ruthann Thoresen, Illinois
I don't think people should be allowed to carry loaded, concealed weapons anywhere, including our National Parks.
I don't think people should be allowed to carry loaded, concealed weapons anywhere, including our National Parks.
# 8,489:
6:46 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Toni Chiara, Florida
Firearms should not be allowed at all. However, since unloaded guns are permitted - let's keep it at that. Having loaded guns will lead to accidental or intentional gun shot wounds or death of park rangers and/or park visitors and/or park wildlife. It is not the firearm that is ultimately at fault but the person who has access to that firearm. Reasonable people and become unreasonable people. Emotionally / mentally healthy people can become ill or disturbed when pushed. Having to take the time to get the gun and load it might just be enough time for sensible thinking to occur - thereby preventing a tragedy.
Firearms should not be allowed at all. However, since unloaded guns are permitted - let's keep it at that. Having loaded guns will lead to accidental or intentional gun shot wounds or death of park rangers and/or park visitors and/or park wildlife. It is not the firearm that is ultimately at fault but the person who has access to that firearm. Reasonable people and become unreasonable people. Emotionally / mentally healthy people can become ill or disturbed when pushed. Having to take the time to get the gun and load it might just be enough time for sensible thinking to occur - thereby preventing a tragedy.
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6:38 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Michael Hester, Oregon
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6:37 pm PDT, Mar 16,
Name not displayed, Texas
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11:18 am PDT, Mar 16,
Irena Nikoloska, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of
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11:08 am PDT, Mar 16,
Sarah Lauer, California
The wildlife of our country needs protection as they are greatly becomming fewer and fewer as we continue to domesticate and overtake rural areas and turn them into suburbias. One place that wildlife still has a refuge in is our protected national parks. We need to keep that protection for the sake of these wildlife animals and to help maintain the natural balance to life.
The wildlife of our country needs protection as they are greatly becomming fewer and fewer as we continue to domesticate and overtake rural areas and turn them into suburbias. One place that wildlife still has a refuge in is our protected national parks. We need to keep that protection for the sake of these wildlife animals and to help maintain the natural balance to life.
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10:16 am PDT, Mar 16,
Katrina Child, California
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9:45 am PDT, Mar 16,
Kit K, Connecticut
I cannot understand why on earth someone would feel they need a loaded gun in a national park. This is a pointless push that will only result in unnecessary violence.
I cannot understand why on earth someone would feel they need a loaded gun in a national park. This is a pointless push that will only result in unnecessary violence.
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9:00 am PDT, Mar 16,
Adam K., California
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6:40 am PDT, Mar 16,
Daniela Lazaroiu, Romania
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6:02 am PDT, Mar 16,
Ron Tetrev, Massachusetts
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5:43 am PDT, Mar 16,
Jamie Adams, Florida
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4:18 am PDT, Mar 16,
Serena Fox, United Kingdom
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3:48 am PDT, Mar 16,
Julia Blokhina, Russian Federation
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10:17 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Name not displayed, Brunei Darussalam
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7:05 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Brianne Parnow, California
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6:46 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Catherine Gilmore Zarate, California
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4:41 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Lauren Moses, Louisiana
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4:30 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Milun Chow, Maryland
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2:49 pm PDT, Mar 15,
Chris Hooymans, Canada
Say no to guns'n'parks.
Say no to guns'n'parks.
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11:19 am PDT, Mar 15,
Jeff Heidner, North Carolina
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10:48 am PDT, Mar 15,
W Padraic Smith, Vermont
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10:24 am PDT, Mar 15,
Name not displayed, New York
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10:24 am PDT, Mar 15,
Lisa WElls, Connecticut
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9:50 am PDT, Mar 15,
Name not displayed, Virginia
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4:33 am PDT, Mar 15,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
Why do you need to carry fire arms to a public park are you just that violent of a person.Those who are doing it should ask themselves that question. God intended hunting only for food not for sport or personal gain.So since you have food in the stores there is no need for it.Too many innocent people have died because of hunters.Its not the guns that kill its the mind of the violent person ho feels the need to hunt in a public place.
Why do you need to carry fire arms to a public park are you just that violent of a person.Those who are doing it should ask themselves that question. God intended hunting only for food not for sport or personal gain.So since you have food in the stores there is no need for it.Too many innocent people have died because of hunters.Its not the guns that kill its the mind of the violent person ho feels the need to hunt in a public place.
# 8,464:
11:38 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Debra Tagliaferro, Illinois
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10:31 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Tracy ORourke, Ohio
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8:23 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Mayla Siemion, Washington
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6:12 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Eric Wells, California
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5:53 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Donna Bernstein-Ness, Maryland
Keep the national parks free from loaded firearms. These parks should be a place where people feel the chances of an accident involving a gun are low and that all reasonable precautions are taken to insure this. These parks are visited by many children and families and the potential trauma to a child and/or adult, due to some incident involving a gun, should be prevented as much as possible. Such precautions will also better protect our wildlife, which are a national treasure as well.
Keep the national parks free from loaded firearms. These parks should be a place where people feel the chances of an accident involving a gun are low and that all reasonable precautions are taken to insure this. These parks are visited by many children and families and the potential trauma to a child and/or adult, due to some incident involving a gun, should be prevented as much as possible. Such precautions will also better protect our wildlife, which are a national treasure as well.
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4:14 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Helena Manivanh, Minnesota
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2:17 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Giuliana Haro, California
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12:46 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Chaplain Nolan Johnson, Florida
To Whom It May Concern: As history proves, it is already too easy for poachers and those who delight in the taking of human life to enter our National and State Parks with loaded weapons. Please take the necessary steps to help our Park Rangers to do their already tough, and sometimes thankless job of protecting life; human and wildlife. Sincerely, Chaplain Nolan A. Johnson BY HIS GRACE Ministries
To Whom It May Concern: As history proves, it is already too easy for poachers and those who delight in the taking of human life to enter our National and State Parks with loaded weapons. Please take the necessary steps to help our Park Rangers to do their already tough, and sometimes thankless job of protecting life; human and wildlife. Sincerely, Chaplain Nolan A. Johnson BY HIS GRACE Ministries
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12:42 pm PDT, Mar 14,
Casey Jo Remy, Idaho
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11:19 am PDT, Mar 14,
Kathy Jackson, Virginia
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11:12 am PDT, Mar 14,
Joanna Paulman, South Carolina
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10:37 am PDT, Mar 14,
Daniel Villaume, California
National Parks are parks and should be kept so. National Forests are already available for shooting on. We don't need to have National Parks with guns too.
National Parks are parks and should be kept so. National Forests are already available for shooting on. We don't need to have National Parks with guns too.
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4:02 am PDT, Mar 14,
Javad Mortazavi, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
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3:51 am PDT, Mar 14,
Tammy Anderson, New York
Around where I live in upstate NY, we have something called hunting season. Responsible deer management programs encourage the control of the deer population. (Which we need because we killed off the natural predators!) WHy you would "need" to be able to carry a loaded gun in a national forest is beyond me and obviously a poachers dream. Please reverse this regulation and once again prohibit loaded weapons in our national parks. My children and I thank you.
Around where I live in upstate NY, we have something called hunting season. Responsible deer management programs encourage the control of the deer population. (Which we need because we killed off the natural predators!) WHy you would "need" to be able to carry a loaded gun in a national forest is beyond me and obviously a poachers dream. Please reverse this regulation and once again prohibit loaded weapons in our national parks. My children and I thank you.
