NYT whining on National Parks CCW rule

Op-ed in the New York Times ("All the Anti-gun News that's Fit to Print") on the promulgation of the final rule allowing lawful concealed carry in National Parks:

Anticipating what Barack Obama has called “common-sense gun safety laws,” the Bush administration has rushed through a last-minute gun rule that is the antithesis of common sense. The Interior Department published a rule last week that will allow loaded, concealed weapons in nearly all of this country’s national parks.

The rule, which will take effect next month, will apply to national parks in every state that has a concealed carry law, even if guns are prohibited in state parks. The administration — again — also has ignored the point of a public comment period. It received 140,000 comments on this proposed rule change, the vast majority opposing it, and still went ahead.
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Unfortunately, far too many states have laws that allow citizens to carry concealed weapons. But no one should misinterpret those laws as the will of the people. They too are the will of the N.R.A., which has done everything in its power to force dangerous gun laws through one State Legislature after the next.

We hope that one of the incoming Obama administration’s first steps in bringing common sense to bear will be the reversal of this absurd and dangerous rule. [emphasis added]

Op-ed here. Sadly, I would not be surprised if the anti-gunners file lawsuits to overturn the rule, or if the incoming Obama administration moves to rescind the new rule.