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Justice Department Defends Last-Minute Bush Rule on Guns
Ace of Spades HQ — Justice Department Defends Last-Minute Bush Rule on Guns In the waning days of his Administration, President Bush finally enacted a rule allowing loaded firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. The usual suspects freaked out and sued. Now, Obama's Justice Department is defending the rule . The three groups seeking to overturn the rule -- the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the National Parks Conservation Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees -- have argued that the Bush administration violated several laws in issuing the rule, such as ...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT defends Bush rule on guns. “The Obama administration is legally defending a last…
Instapundit — ... JUSTICE DEPARTMENT defends Bush rule on guns. “The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks, even as it is internally reviewing whether the measure meets environmental muster.” Good for them. Hard to imagine a serious environmental objection to the rule, though. ...

The WonkLine: February 18, 2009
Wonk Room — ... “The Obama administration is legally defending a last-minute rule enacted by President Bush that allows concealed firearms in national parks,” while the Interior Department conducts an internal review of the controversial rule. ...

Around Midnight
Daily Kos — ... to grant abortion services is more than adequate protection for the conscience of health care providers. It's not an area for any more wiggle room. On the gun side, the administration might be looking to make a political trade, but one that's not likely to succeed. An assault weapons ban is apparently back on the radar screen of the administration. Cue the the NRA, which is completely ignoring the actions by the new administration on one of their pet projects: guns in national parks. The Obama administration is legally defending a ...