Packing Heat in the Parks

Packing Heat in the Parks
The New York Times
Febuary 20, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/opinion/20wed3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
This article is about a bill that is currently in the senate to allow people to bring fire arms into national parks. The reasoning behind the bill is that people need to be able to bring the guns in the parks for protection. The author does a good job of explaining why it is not a good idea to pass the bill. He references park rangers when he says that if guns are allowed to be brought into parks it will only decrease the public’s safety and the safety of the wildlife living there. Right now there are 47 senators who are willing to pass this bill. I think it is ridiculous for people to feel the need to bring a gun into national parks. I think it is sad that the world has come to a point where some people feel they must bring a gun with them wherever they go. I think it would have been really affective for the author to include facts about how many people are actually attacked and raped in national parks. If the numbers show that it is a major problem something should be done.