Blue Ridge Now reports
According to the National
Parks Conservation Association, the bill would open much of the National
Park System to hunting and recreational shooting. The group contends
that the proposed law includes “an exemption of sorts” only for units of
the National Park System specifically designated as national parks or
national monuments — such as the Blue Ridge Parkway and Carl Sandburg
Home Historic Site.
Known
as the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012, the bill’s sponsors called it a
“landmark legislative package” to protect and advance opportunities for
outdoor sportsmen across the country, according to a recent news
release from U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler’s office.
The 397 units of the National Park System include a multitude of
designations, the association argued, including national military parks
like Gettysburg, national memorials like Wright Brothers, the Gateway
Arch in St. Louis and Flight 93, national historical parks like San
Antonio Missions and Harper’s Ferry and many others.
What's your opinion? Doesn't this sound like more bullying by the gun lobby?
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