SAF Challenges Carry Ban in National Park Facilities

SAF Sues Federal Govt. over Ban on Guns in National Park Facilities

While it is legal to carry a firearm while hiking in a national park, you cannot carry a gun inside a federal facility (visitor center, ranger station) inside the park. A new federal lawsuit challenges that ban. By Dave Workman The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the ban on firearms in federal facilities operated by the National Park Service. SAF is joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition and a private citizen…

SAF Challenges Carry Ban in National Park Facilities

BELLEVUE, Wash. — March 27, 2026 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a lawsuit challenging the ban on firearms possession in federal facilities operated by the National Park Service. The lawsuit specifically challenges the constitutionality of federal law 18 U.S.C. § 930(a), which bars knowingly possessing a firearm in a federal facility, as applied to federal facilities operated by the National Park Service. The …