Apparently  the current administration does not intend to push the concealed weapon carry regulation forward.  This means that we have exactly the same restriction as before Jan 9, 2009. But the National Rifle Association vows to continue fighting.

Here's a part of a story distributed by Bloomberg News on April 18, 2009

 Obama Administration Won’t Challenge Ruling on Guns in Parks  By Kelly Riddell

The Obama administration won’t challenge a court ruling that prohibits visitors at some national parks to carry loaded concealed firearms, satisfying gun control groups. The Interior Department said in a court filing yesterday that it will uphold a U.S. District Judge’s decision to reinstate 26-year-old  restrictions on loaded guns in national parks and will conduct a full  environmental review of a Bush administration regulation allowing the weapons.

 “We are pleased that loaded, concealed guns will continue to be prohibited in our national parks,” said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, in a statement yesterday. “Semiautomatic weapons have no place in the valleys of Yellowstone, on the cliffs of Yosemite, or under the torch of the Statue of Liberty.”

The Bush administration approved an order that allowed visitors to carry firearms in national parks, and the ruling was implemented in January. The National Rifle Association, which backed the order, said it would cut down on crime and could be useful to fend off animal attacks in the parks.

The Brady Campaign along with the National Parks Conservation  Association and the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees argued there is little crime in the national parks and the Bush administration’s ruling ruined the family atmosphere.