No Firearms in Natl Parks?

I have to clear up something I said:

In FL, carrying a firearm in a nat'l forest is prohibited unless you're passing through on a state highway, hunting, or you obtain a permit from the board of commissioners in each of the counties the forest is located in.

So, IOW, you can carry a gun in the forset only with special permit.
 
FYI, Ruger now has a Super Redhawk in .454 Casull. (Also shoots .45 LC)

MSRP about $700.

Got Grizzly problems? Don't leave home without it.
 
I know someone who has a Kimber that has visited five national parks and made two trips to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Not gonna mention any names tho...
 
Good Evening Everyone-

Place the sidearm in your pack and quietly enjoy your vacation in the backwoods.

As long as you're not blasting music on a portable radio, smoking dope, and attracting unwanted attention, nobody will be the wiser.

In the Blue Jays household, we question the sanity of someone who would be miles away from civilization without the means to protect themselves from predators of all species! ;)

Enjoy yourself in the great outdoors!

Best regards,

~ Blue Jays ~
 
I agree with what you all have said, especially BlueJay. This is just another ridiculous gun law which burns me up. :mad:

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Armatissimi y Liberissimi!
 
Blue Jays...

I couldn't have said it any better.

Just got back from a backpacking trip in Montana, and without incident, carried during the entire trip, even through the northwestern portion of Yellowstone.

No matter what the "signs" say, you still have your basic freedoms which override any subsequent legislation which may infringe upon them. Just use your head, carry discreetly, and don't draw attention to yourself...especially where the rangers roam.

Any creative person can find a discreet (but easily accessible) place to stow his/her sidearm, while backpacking, camping, fishing, or driving through any land, beit a National Park or otherwise.

THOSE SIGNS DO NOT APPLY TO AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Boy how times have changed, when I was a Kid in the 60s, to go camping in some of the more remote parks (National and State) they recommended(sometimes required) that you have 5 items.

1. Bucket
2. shovel
3. Ax
4. Rope
5. Rifle 30-30 or larger (both for our 2 legged friends and the various four legged ones). In the 10 years we traveled out west we never had any trouble with bears, but we did have trouble with cats (moutain lions) and Rouge Bikers.
I did once see what a bear could do to a camp sight, it was a fairly good mess. My Father missed the fun, we had been driving all day before. When we arrived late the previous evening we had gone to bed in the trailer, we slept through the whole thing.
No one was hurt but they had the daylights scared out of them. Oh the park rangers arrived after sunup to protect the campers.
 
My wife and I were in the Smokeys this spring when apparently a school teacher from that area was killed by a bear.
It made me "itchier" than normal.
I've Been doing some research for this fall and next spring vacation. Gonna try to go solo, or with a small guy group, been thinking about this "unarmed" thing, decided I really don't like it. (Wife decided she doesn't like camping.)

To make a long story short what follows is an excerpt from: http://www.r8web.com/boone/rules.HTM

I think I like this much better.....

Jim B.


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