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Amtrak Considers Lockboxes for Guns on Most Trains

The proposal would expand firearm storage to more than 1,500 trains a day as critics warn it could weaken security.

    Amtrak is considering allowing people to store guns in lockboxes on most of its trains, which critics argue would weaken
    security measures due to recent events.

    The company has been contemplating this policy change since early this year after pressure from Trump administration officials.

    Authorities report that a man traveled by Amtrak with firearms intended for a violent act related to a recent event.

    The proposed rule change could allow passengers to bring guns aboard trains nationwide, rather than just on those with locked baggage cars.

https://ground.news/article/amtrak-may-make-it-easier-to-bring-guns-on-its-trains-despite-the-alleged-attempt-on-trumps-life

I remember when Amtrak got the gun cabinets for the staffed stations.
And when they got those gun carts. Which never seem to be used.
The one at Van Nuys. Hasn't been used to check guns on the trains.

Did Amtrak ever put gun cabinets the new Baggage cars?

I wonder if they enforce the policy on the trains?

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Another perfect example of how one incident spreads across an entire spectrum of life.  I really am not in favor of huge changes brought on by one most assuredly nutty character's ridiculous attempt.  Pretty soon everything will be under the control of the TSA whose main function, it appears, is to keep after-shave off airplanes.  I really wonder when those characters hit on an idea floated many years ago by a colleague in the airline industry:  "Keep passengers off airplanes and the hijacking situation is solved!"

Has it been determined that the "alleged shooter" actually travelled with the weapons?  There have been reports he stored the weapons at his parents' home in the DC suburbs

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Has it been determined that the "alleged shooter"
> actually travelled with the weapons?  There have
> been reports he stored the weapons at his parents'
> home in the DC suburbs

FACT CHECK!

Where do you come up with the parents had a home in the DC suburbs?

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Has it been determined that the "alleged shooter"
> actually travelled with the weapons?  There have
> been reports he stored the weapons at his parents'
> home in the DC suburbs

A bit more info.  "Affidavit in support of a criminal complaint"
www.justice.gov/opa/media/1438246/dl



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a737flyer Wrote:
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>  I really wonder when those characters hit on an idea
> floated many years ago by a colleague in the
> airline industry:  "Keep passengers off airplanes
> and the hijacking situation is solved!"

Every flight I take supports the notion that this approach is being implemented throughout the industry. Each time, I am treated less and less like a passenger, more and more like a low-priority air freight parcel. 

Hey, boxes are much easier to carry then passengers. Boxes don't bitch and complain!