Specific firearms regulations for all National Parks

[PALADIN85020]

The NRA has compiled a listing of the specific firearms regulations for each of the National Parks. This list should be helpful if you plan to visit any of our National Parks. Here is the link:

NRA-ILA :: Firearms Regualtions in National Parks

 

[BarbC]

Death Valley states:

As of February 22, 2010, a new federal law allows people who can legally possess firearms under applicable federal, state, and local laws, to legally possess firearms in this park.
It is the responsibility of visitors to understand and comply with all applicable state, local, and federal firearms laws before entering this park. As a starting point, please visit our state’s website.
California
Nevada
Federal law also prohibits firearms in certain facilities in this park; those places are marked with signs at all public entrances.
It will still be ILLEGAL TO USE A FIREARM for any purpose in Death Valley National Park

 

[jphendren]

"WYOMING:

Open Carry Allowed
Handgun = Yes
Rifle = Yes
In Vehicle = Yes
Age Requirement = None"

Does this mean that I can open carry my Colt SAA this summer in Yellowstone?

Jared

 

[SWID]

"WYOMING:

Open Carry Allowed
Handgun = Yes
Rifle = Yes
In Vehicle = Yes
Age Requirement = None"

Does this mean that I can open carry my Colt SAA this summer in Yellowstone?

Jared

Those same rules apply in Montana and Idaho. (Not sure about age, you may need to be 18 or 21. Long time since I was either.)

In any case I would not open carry except in the back country. People that know nothing about guns, or all they do know they got from the MSM, already think we're a bunch of nuts that can't function in several ways unless we're fondling a firearm. No need to fuel that fire.

Just my opinion.

That part about not firing a gun in Death Valley for any reason, does that mean you have to let some thug beat you to death rather than using a firearm? I'll take my chances in the court.

 

[leswad]

The Big Bend one comes with this warning:

For those on a river float trip, please be aware that it is illegal to transport firearms and ammunition into Mexico. Due to the fact that the Rio Grande is an international boundary, this is a complex regulatory area. The US/Mexico boundary is defined as the deepest part of the middle channel. As watercraft float down the river, boats cross the international border many times on a float trip. Thus, a US citizen with a firearm on the river who may lawfully possess that firearm in Texas still violates Mexican law because they likely will have entered Mexico several times during the float trip with a firearm just by meandering down the river. There are severe penalties in Mexico for the possession of firearms and ammunition,which is what a person is doing if they carry a weapon on the river. Mexican officials can arrest persons floating on the Mexico portion of the Rio Grande and along the Mexican shoreline for possession of guns and ammunition.

 

[photoman]

The Big Bend one comes with this warning:

Mexican officials can arrest persons floating on the Mexico portion of the Rio Grande and along the Mexican shoreline for possession of guns and ammunition.

Looks like you clipped off the last sentence...

"Mexican officials will not arrest you if any of the following are met:

a) You are a Mexican national in possession of a firearm and ammunition and heading north.

b) You are in possession of large quantities of illegal narcotics and heading north.

c) You are assissting in the travel of Mexican nationals heading north."

I wish!

 

[jkc]

"That part about not firing a gun in Death Valley for any reason, does that mean you have to let some thug beat you to death rather than using a firearm?"

Technically, I suppose it does mean that, but what it practically means is that the NPS may now have to swallow the exercise of your 2A rights, it doesn't change their prohibition on plinking, hunting, etc. in the parks and monuments. I can't help but notice that in most part, national parks and monuments have been remarkably free of the gunshot vandalism endemic on public lands throughout the west.

I'm doubtful that armed resistance to an attack by a human thug or an animal is going to result in a prosecution for a firearms offense.

I also agree that there's no point in intimidating tourists by open carry in "public" places, where carrying concealed is an option.

Do we need to start another bear/cougar/thug park-gun thread???