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carguychris
I won't do a long hijack, just a statement that you do no understand the areas controlled in the west by the BLM and NF. (I understand your statement on those states west of the the continental divide)
I was talking concealed...which means ma and pa should not know you are carrying.
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What don't I understand?
My point is simply that most American citizens- including a great many urbanites- don't have any desire to visit NF/BLM lands and therefore
don't care about the policies regarding carrying firearms there, regardless of what those policies are. The issue is off their radar screen. Many Americans don't even realize that NF/BLM land
exists.
OTOH far more Americans want to visit national parks, including vast numbers of people who would never even
consider any other "outdoorsy" type of vacation. (If you ever visit NPs, you know these people- they're the ones crowding the drive-up scenic overlooks.
) Since a great many Americans are attracted by the idea of a vacation to Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, or whatever, it's not surprising that some of these people would be diehard CCW opponents upset by the very idea that someone near them
could be carrying.
The fact that someone could be carrying at a nearby gas station upsets them too, but they feel that they can
do something about people carrying at the NPs, hence the outcry.
Sorry to extend the hijack further.