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... Bill Wade.
[div class = excerpt]Bill Wade, the outgoing chair of the Coalition of National Park Service Retirees, said Congress should be regretting its decision.
"The many congressmen and senators that voted for the legislation that allowed loaded weapons to be brought into the parks ought to be feeling pretty bad right now," Wade said.
Wade called Sunday's fatal shooting a tragedy that could have been prevented. He hopes Congress will reconsider the law that took effect in early 2010, but doubts that will happen in today's political climate.
That particular piece of legislation had absolutely nothing to do with what happened there yesterday. The man blew through a checkpoint and came out firing at the subsequent roadblock. Does anyone really think he would have been deterred by one of these?
He was wanted for another shooting. He was on the run. He was in full "High Sierra" mode. Would he have turned around and said "never mind" when he found out that guns weren't allowed in National Parks? It takes a very special brand of stupidity to think so.
Congratulations, Mr. Wade. You have dishonored the sacrifice of a brave officer with your vain attempt to score a cheesy political point.
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