Question on Glacier NP carry

[Wa shooter]

I will be traveling to Montana next week by motorcycle. If I have time I'll probably check out Glacier NP. I know I can not carry in the park (yet) but I don't understand what "broken down" means. Do I really need to stop outside the park, unload, remove the grips and pull the mainspring to be legal? Will placing the gun in my saddle bag be considered "cased" or do I need a case inside the saddle bag?

This is from the Glacier web site:

"Individuals are also reminded that firearms are NOT permitted anywhere in the park’s backcountry. Firearms brought through Glacier National Park must be unloaded, broken down (temporarily inoperable), cased, and stored out of sight and reach, with ammunition separated from weapons while in the park."

 

[Picard]

I thought that if you had it unloaded and locked in a case it would be legal as well instead of breaking it down.

 

[wheelgunslinger]

Rangers told me it meant removing the slide of a pistol.
I had a revolver, so I just unloaded it and locked it with a padlock through the frame.

Glacier is beautiful. You'll enjoy it. Just be careful of the yuppies who put their larvae on the back of buff and elk for photo ops.

 

[Wa shooter]

Thanks, I also carry a revolver so I'll have to remember to bring the lock.
Part of the park road is still closed due to snow. Hope they get it open before I get back there.

 

[justice4all]

As I've posted before, post Heller, I don't see how the National Parks gun ban on self-defense weapons is enforceable. But draw your own legal conclusion. I'd be happy to have someone explain how I am wrong.

 

[brighamr]

I agree with justice, however I am also travelling to glacier this month.

trigger lock = compliance, for the time being.

Enjoy your trip!

 

[Bob R]

I used to live within spitting distance of GNP. My version of compliance in the park was a concealed S&W 25-5 loaded fairly stout.

There are things in that park that will eat you. I wanted to level the playing field slightly. It was still the bear's park, but I wasn't going down without a fight. I figured if I needed to use a gun in the park, I would deal with the consequences afterward, if I wasn't bear poop.

I was never asked if I had a gun, nor was I ever searched going into the park.

YMMV

bob

 

[stevelyn]

I just stay away from Nazi Park Circus lands.

 

[TallPine]

There are a lot of other pretty places in MT that are not in the Nazi Parks

 

[Lurp]

As justice4all stated, at this point I can't see the law possibly being enforcable. Keep it concealed and don't mention it. No one should be searching your person in the first place so it should be a non-issue.

On another note I went to Glacier a couple years ago and loved it. Enjoy!

 

[XD_fan]

Only time I've ever had a vehicle broken into was in a National Park. I follow the don't ask, don't tell policy now.