Because you don’t want Yogi and Boo Boo to see you coming

I’m pretty pro-gun, but do we really need to be able to carry concealed weapons at Jellystone Park?

WASHINGTON (CN) - The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence challenged Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's final rule permitting possession and transportation of loaded and concealed firearms in national wildlife refuges. The Brady Campaign claims the Bush administration, in another midnight farewell gift to its political backers, lifted decades-old rules "in response to considerable political pressure and in the absence of any substantive findings whatsoever."

Source: Courthouse News Service

I guess pic-a-nic basket thefts are out of control.

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