Hello All,
My wife and I returned from a 9 day vacation on the Olympic Peninsula. Thanks so much for Washington State's fine hospitality.
I performed my due diligence before leaving for Washington State. I felt sure that I could open carry in the Olympic National Park, or conceal carry under RCW 9.41.060, paragraph 8. We were hiking; therefore, we were exempt from needing a CPL for conceal carry while in the backcountry.
Through out the park we encountered signs that said "no weapons." The Backcountry Use Permits stated in red ink: "No pets, weapons, or wheeled devices."
I asked a park official and informed her that the Credit Card Accountability Act made it legal for law abiding citizens to carry the best means of self defense, a hand gun, in National Parks (paraphrase from SCOTUS judgments, in part). She acknowledged the CCAA and stated that the signs were to prevent pellet gun and BB gun use.
What gives?
Thanks,
markm
My wife and I returned from a 9 day vacation on the Olympic Peninsula. Thanks so much for Washington State's fine hospitality.
I performed my due diligence before leaving for Washington State. I felt sure that I could open carry in the Olympic National Park, or conceal carry under RCW 9.41.060, paragraph 8. We were hiking; therefore, we were exempt from needing a CPL for conceal carry while in the backcountry.
Through out the park we encountered signs that said "no weapons." The Backcountry Use Permits stated in red ink: "No pets, weapons, or wheeled devices."
I asked a park official and informed her that the Credit Card Accountability Act made it legal for law abiding citizens to carry the best means of self defense, a hand gun, in National Parks (paraphrase from SCOTUS judgments, in part). She acknowledged the CCAA and stated that the signs were to prevent pellet gun and BB gun use.
What gives?
Thanks,
markm