Fifty one Senators, 42 Republicans and 9 Democrats, asked Interior Department head, Dirk Kempthorne to change the rule prohibiting the ready use of firearms in America's National Parks. On behalf of the National Rifle Association, the Congressmen and women wrote the chief bureaucrat in December 2007 and February 2008. Be sure to let those Senators know how you feel, especially if you run across Yosemite Sam defending his cooler from a black bear.