Firearms in the Park
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As of February 22, 2010, a new federal law allows people who can legally possess firearms under applicable federal, state, and local laws, to legally possess firearms in this park. It is the responsibility of visitors to understand and comply with all applicable state, local, and federal firearms laws before entering this park. As a starting point about state and local firearms laws please go to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms website and select the state that you are interested in from the list on the right side of the page. For the state of Georgia's reciprocity laws and regulations concerning firearms, visit the Georgia Department of Public Safety website and click on the link to firearms reciprocity on the left side of the page. Federal law also prohibits firearms in certain facilities in this park, including the National Prisoner of War Museum. Those places are marked with signs at all public entrances. |
Did You Know?
On April 9, 1942 on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines, 10,000 American soldiers became prisoners of the Japanese. Exactly 56 years later the National Prisoner of War Museum was dedicated. Many former POWs and their families attended, including survivors of the Bataan Death March.