Interior Announces Final Firearms Policy Update

Posted by: Stu

Interior Announces Final Firearms Policy Update - 12/06/08 02:05 PM

Interior Announces Final Firearms Policy Update
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Lyle Laverty today announced that the Department of the Interior has finalized updated regulations governing the possession of firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. The final rule, which updates existing regulations, would allow an individual to carry a concealed weapon in national parks and wildlife refuges if, and only if, the individual is authorized to carry a concealed weapon under state law in the state in which the national park or refuge is located. The update has been submitted to the Federal Register for publication and is available to the public on www.doi.gov.

Existing regulations regarding the carrying of firearms remain otherwise unchanged, particularly limitations on poaching and target practice and prohibitions on carrying firearms in federal buildings.
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http://www.doi.gov/news/08_News_Releases/120508.html

Posted by: Nishnabotna

Re: Interior Announces Final Firearms Policy Update - 12/06/08 02:41 PM

This article specifically mentions concealed carry. What about open carry? I'll be in bear country in 2009 and was thinking about taking some .44 bear repellent, unconcealed.
I did a little searching at that doi site but I couldn't come up with an answer for open carry. Is that state decided as well?