Mean 'ole United States Senator James DeMint (R-SC) carved his initials in redwood trees and every other national park element when he amended federal law to allow guns in national parks. See Ken Burns' comments, below.
One of my Georgetown University Government professors had a bumper sticker on his office door: "I support the right to arm bears."
By allowing guns in our national parks, we're inviting redneck peckerwoods to shoot each other, and the wildlife.
By allowing guns in our national parks, we're inviting people to resolve conflicts in the same manner as old-time TV drams did: with violence.
By allowing guns in our national parks, we're making a mockery of the purpose of the national parks.
It's wrong.
DeMint's amendment should be set aside by the Courts or a future Congress.
Meanwhile, perhaps we should look into teaching the bears how to shoot back at gun nuts.
And as for the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas, if any gun-toting Philistines show up there, we've got them outgunned: we have cannons and they work.
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