The U.S’s First National Park is a current crime scene, after a little girl accidentally shot and killed herself, Hit the the jump for more details!
Park officials stated that unfortunately a child shot and killed herself in the Yellowstone National Park, which distances from spans within Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
“The name and age of the child were being withheld until extended family members could be notified, Nash said”
The mother reported the incident to emergency officials after it occurred on the Grant Village Campground ” one of the largest campsites in the park”.
“Carrying guns in national parks and federal wildlife areas is allowed as long as federal, state and local laws are obeyed. That policy came about because of the 2009 credit card reform bill, to which Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) offered the gun provision as an amendment. The Senate passed the bill, 90-5, and President Obama signed it into law”
“But firing a gun “except in rare circumstances” and hunting are both banned in Yellowstone, according to park literature.”
