Deseret News | Reader comments: Weigh in on guns in national parks, wildlife refuges

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Weigh in on guns in national parks, wildlife refuges

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mr. tu can | 9:29 a.m. May 7, 2008

people should be allowed to carry guns to protect themselves from wildlife and other dangerous things.

SoJo | 12:00 p.m. May 7, 2008

Some predators walk on four legs some on two. Either way we should be able to protect our selves if needed in a national park as well as our own homes.

Phil from Provo | 2:38 p.m. May 8, 2008

If a person legally owns a gun and has taken the time to legally get a permit to carry then the assumption should be that he is a law abiding citizen and should be allowed to carry that weapon as his permit specifies. My family camps out in the mountains a lot and there have been more than a few times when situations arose where having a weapon for self defense would have helped a LOT. I am not talking about OK Corral gunfights; I am talking about close brushes with wildlife that threatened my wife and children.

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