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by Mark Silva
Yogi the Bear may need a bulletproof vest.
In the bill cracking down on credit card abuses, senators have added an amendment enabling visitors to national parks and wildlife refuges to carry loaded guns -- those baby bald eagles aren't endangered species any more anyway.
The Bush administration had permitted weapons in the parks, but a federal judge blocked it in March. Oklahoma's Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican, added an amendment allowing concealed, loaded guns in parks and refuges to the overwhelmingly popular bill limiting credit card abuses. The amendment won 67 votes, including the support of 27 Democrats, among them Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
"Visitors to national parks should have the right to defend themselves in accordance with the laws of their states," Coburn says.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, which had sued to block the Bush administration's policy, calls the Senate vote reckless.
"Families should not have to stare down loaded AK-47s on nature hikes," says Brady campaign president Paul Helmke. "The president should not remain silent while Congress inserts reckless gun policies that he strongly opposes into a bill that has nothing whatsoever to do with guns."
House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md), says the House could vote separately on the gun legislation, allowing those who support the credit card reform to vote as they wish on the gun measure. The two bills would then be rejoined and sent to the president as a single bill, however -- with that gun amendment riding along.
President Barack Obama is demanding the credit card reform bill by Memorial Day. So lock and load, campers.
(Wire services contributed to this report.)
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