In a bold strike against the creeping expansion of gun-free zones, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), and a principled Texas gun owner have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the National Park Service’s blanket carry bans inside park facilities. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the suit directly attacks 36 C.F.R. § 2.4(b), which prohibits loaded firearms in federal buildings like visitor centers and ranger stations, even as a 2010 law (the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act) largely restored carry rights in parks themselves. The plaintiffs argue this regulation flouts the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, which demands that modern gun restrictions be rooted in historical tradition—not bureaucratic whim. Without a shred of Founding-era evidence for disarming law-abiding citizens in these spots, the feds are playing historical hopscotch, and this case could force them to fold.
This isn’t just legalese; it’s a frontline battle in the post-Bruen wars over sensitive places. National parks span millions of acres across 50 states, drawing 325 million visitors yearly, yet the NPS clings to these indoor bans like a security blanket, ignoring that violent crime in parks is rarer than a liberal at a gun show. The implications for the 2A community are massive: a win here shreds the template for facility carve-outs that anti-gunners exploit everywhere from post offices to parks, signaling to agencies like the Forest Service and BLM that Bruen’s history test isn’t optional. We’ve seen SAF and FPC rack up victories before—think bears in Alaska or campus carry in Texas—and this feels like another domino. If successful, it empowers everyday carriers to hike, camp, and explore without surrendering their rights at the door, reminding the deep state that public lands belong to the people, not the pencil-pushers.
Gun owners, this is your cue: support FPC and SAF through donations, shares, and staying vocal. The Bruen revolution is young, but cases like this one are the muscle memory it’ll need to endure. Watch the docket, back the fighters, and keep carrying—history’s on our side.
