Hi folks,
I was tooling around the Lassen National Park backcountry last weekend and came across a couple of NPS back country rangers patrolling with holstered pistols. I'm well aware that front country (I hate that term) NPS law enforcement rangers are issued and carry sidearms as standard practice. And I knew that back country rangers were issued handguns, I just didn't think that back country NPS rangers did open carry now. I could be dating myself here, but I thought the NPS back country folks left the guns in the pack. Does anyone know if open carry is a standard practice for NPS back country rangers in all U.S. national parks or does this vary from park to park? Any NPS LE out there? Just curious.
Google searches did not come up with anything specific relating to NPS back country rangers and a standard policy of open carry sidearms. I'd appreciate any feedback.