Reply #10: I got this from the National Parks Conservation Assoc. Read below [View All]

[JohnnyBoots]

Email I got:

UPDATE: Last Friday we sent you a very important alert about the
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act (H.R.627), which holds a
dangerous rider that will allow loaded guns in our national
parks. Tuesday, May 19th, is our last chance to strike this
rider allowing loaded guns in national parks!

Tomorrow, the National Parks Conservation Association is
co-hosting a press event with Congressman Raul Grijalva,
Chairman of the National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands
Subcommittee, requesting that President Obama work to withdraw
this rider allowing loaded shotguns and rifles in our parks. You
can support our event on the hill by taking action NOW.
http://act.npca.org/campaign/guns_rider/xw6uux7rl7w7b8t8?

This is our final chance to stop the guns rider. Tell your
Senators and Representative to oppose this effort to allow
loaded guns in our national parks.
http://act.npca.org/campaign/guns_rider/xw6uux7rl7w7b8t8?

Please take action TODAY to help put a stop to this dangerous
rider from becoming law!
http://act.npca.org/campaign/guns_rider/xw6uux7rl7w7b8t8?

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What does credit card reform legislation have to do with
national parks? We asked ourselves that same question. But the
rules of the U.S. Senate being what they are, Sen. Tom Coburn
(R-OK) attached a rider to the Credit Cardholders' Bill of
Rights Act (H.R.627) that would allow individuals to carry
loaded rifles, shotguns, and semi-automatic weapons in national
parks if the firearm is in compliance with state law.

The Coburn rider overturns the existing, reasonable Reagan-era
regulation that allows guns to be transported through national
parks as long as they are unloaded and stowed away. Seven former
Directors of the Park Service and current and former park
rangers oppose the rider because they believe it will increase
the risk of poaching and vandalism of historic resources, and
put visitors at risk.

So in this difficult economy, when American citizens are looking
to their Congress for economic reforms and relief, we see a bill
hijacked by special interest groups like the NRA who are
reckless in their determination to get loaded guns into our
national parks.

Within the next week, the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives could be voting on this bill. Please tell your
Senators and Representative that you're fed up with political
gamesmanship, and ask them to stop this dangerous rider from
becoming law. Take action now!
http://act.npca.org/campaign/guns_rider/xw6uux7rl7w7b8t8?

Thank you!

Thomas C. Kiernan
President

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E-mail us at [e-mail], write to us at 1300 19th Street, NW,
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