shout out to u.s. district judge colleen kollar-kotelly!

for recognizing how astoundingly 'flawed' (or as i would have said EFFED UP) this decision was. if you feel the need so very strongly to carry a concealed piece in a national park, perhaps a national park is NOT the place for you. if you're that afraid for your safety, why don't you hang elsewhere. you know, places where there aren't animals and families and kids. huh?

Judge Blocks Rule Permitting Concealed Guns In U.S. Parks

By Juliet Eilperin and Del Quentin Wilber

Washington Post Staff Writers

A federal judge yesterday blocked a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush allowing visitors to national parks to carry concealed weapons.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by gun-control advocates and environmental groups. The Justice Department had sought to block the injunction against the controversial rule.

The three groups that brought the suit -- the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees -- argued that the Bush action violated several laws.

In her ruling, Kollar-Kotelly agreed that the government's process had been "astoundingly flawed.".....................

thank the great goddess

there is such a thing as Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Bush Administration Taken to Task for Allowing Loaded Guns Into National Parks
Posted by Satyam Khanna, Think Progress

Earlier this month, the Department of Interior overturned a Reagan-era regulation, allowing loaded firearms at most national park sites such as the National Mall. Yesterday, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the administration, saying the rule "jeopardizes the safety of park visitors in violation of federal law." The release notes that the White House violated their own directive:

The suit charges that the Interior Department violated several federal laws in its rush to implement the rule before President Bush leaves office, including failing to conduct any environmental review of the harm that the rule will cause, as is required by the National Environmental Policy Act......................