Judge Blocks Rule Permitting Concealed Guns in U.S. Parks
By Juliet Eilperin and Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, March 20, 2009; Page A09
A federal judge yesterday blocked a last-minute rule enacted by President George W. Bush allowing visitors to national parks to carry concealed weapons.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by gun-control advocates and environmental groups. The Justice Department had sought to block the injunction against the controversial rule…
