Thursday, May 15, 2008
News Corps: Not so fast, Yosemite Sam
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 7:48 PM
The Army Corps of Engineers' regional headquarters in Mobile, Ala., has seen fit to issue a news release explaining that Georgia's new, Sonny-signed law allowing guns in taverns, parks and subway trains does not apply to the lakes and parkland it manages. Here's an excerpt from the release:
“This clarification was prompted by several inquiries received by the Corps concerning the law and media reports about the law's application to parks,” said E. Patrick Robbins, Public Affairs Officer, Mobile District.
Robbins, however, does not indicate whether the inquiries came from people worried about recreating amid heavily armed crowds or from folks eager to bring their shootin' irons to a federal reservoir. This being Georgia, you never know.
We haven't heard from the Department of the Interior yet, but we'll go ahead and note that the new state law doesn't apply to any federal property, such as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, the Chattahoochee River Recreation Area or the MLK Historic Site.
If you're confused about what rules apply where, you might just want to leave the Smith and Wesson in the glove box, like God intended.
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