A couple weeks ago, I read this article on how some miscreants are illegally planting marijuana in our national parks and forests. It seems they take joy in abusing our public lands for illicit gains.
And now the GOP slid in an amendment to the recent credit card bill (which passed) that allows you to bring firearms into national parks. First, some actual concerns. Next, I imagine that come next year there will be a rash of drunken hillbilly Rethugs shooting up fellow campers. And not a damn thing will be done about it.
But what about future implications? Now, illegal pot growers can LEGALLY set up spots to shoot at anyone who might "threaten" them. Sure, that's not the intent of the law, but it's a very short logical leap to that conclusion.
What the real concern is that all these Quislings probably pushed the law so that they can set up some kind of fundamentalist, racist redoubts in our national parks so they can run from the "socialist" government they hate and fear so much.
Basically, today the GOP unwittingly support drug dealers. Tomorrow, they set up their hate-filled theocracy in the Smokies.
To be fair, here is one outdoorsman who thinks this is an incredibly stupid idea.
Plus, some actual details concerning the new law.
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