Guns allowed in Nevada state parks
By Steve Green, Las Vegas Sun
People who can lawfully possess firearms can now take their loaded guns into Nevada’s state parks under a legal agreement approved Tuesday.
Attorneys for the Nevada Attorney General’s office, representing the state park system, agreed in a lawsuit stipulation that the parks will stop enforcing a law that critics said generally barred park visitors from possessing loaded firearms — even for self defense.
The agreement is valid for one year and will give the parks system a chance to amend its regulations so they comply with the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment right to possess firearms, said James Manley, an attorney for the Mountain States Legal Foundation who was involved in the litigation.
The agreement came after the Colorado-based legal foundation filed suit in federal court in Nevada in July challenging a law that allowed visitors to bring guns into state parks, but only if they were unloaded and locked in vehicles.