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White House: Guns left at gate

by Rebecca Cole

Taking your gun camping is one thing -- handy in case you run into the infamously shy Sasquatch in the mountains of eastern Washington state -- but bringing it to the White House is an entirely different matter.

Yet with the White House officially designated a national park, President Obama's signing today of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act in the Rose Garden, which includes an amendment allowing licensed, loaded firearms to be brought into national parks and wildlife refuges, the president has opened up a can of legal worms.

Introduced by Oklanhoma Sen. Tom Coburn, the amendment was slipped into the CARD bill to reinstate a Bush administration policy that a federal judge had blocked in March. And although Obama "never really wanted the provision," Politico reports, "he wanted credit card reform on his desk by Memorial Day" so he let the amendment slide rather than risk having the bill derailed.

Only part of the White House -- the portion built from 1790 to 1800 but not the east or west wings -- is designated a national park. But the National Park Service has jurisdiction over the exterior and the 18 acres surrounding the "people's house."

So could a visitor pack heat, say, during the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll (just in case that bunny gets a little out of hand)?

Since Washington, D.C., does not have a law that specifically bans guns in national parks within the district, legally perhaps yes.

But as the Secret Service is in control of White House security it seems highly unlikely anyone will get in the gate with a loaded gun.

So Bo, the Portuguese water dog, is safe.

But Yogi, Boo Boo and Mr. Ranger aren't quite so lucky.

Obama Signs Credit Card Overhaul Into Law

In a White House ceremony, the president also asked both credit card companies and consumers to act more responsibly in the way credit is used and issued.