Two Early Tests on Guns.

The Obama administration has chosen to defend a bad rule rushed through during former President George W. Bush's final days in office that allows concealed, loaded firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. The rule is a gift to the gun lobby. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has asked for a 90-day internal assessment of the rule's environmental impacts, offering some hope that the administration might later reverse an unwise policy. But for now, the administration's operating position is contained in a Justice Department brief filed last Friday. It seeks to block a preliminary injunction of the rule sought by gun control and environmental groups. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]