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« on: November 30, 2010, 07:58:41 PM »
« edited: November 30, 2010, 08:00:12 PM by Frodo »
Amtrak to let passengers bring guns on most trains

By Tony Bizjak
tbizjak@sacbee.com Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010

Reversing a near decade-long ban, Amtrak will allow passengers to bring guns on most trains starting next month, including several that stop in Sacramento.

The change, pushed by gun rights advocates and ordered by Congress, aligns Amtrak's firearms policy with air travel rules that allow unloaded guns to be stored in locked baggage holds.

Federal Homeland Security officials on Monday said they are OK with guns being on trains as long as security protocols are enforced.
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 08:08:06 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 08:10:50 PM »
Cool.
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 08:32:00 PM »
I wonder if the idiot that voted no even read the details.
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2010, 09:06:37 PM »
Quote from: dead0man on November 30, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
I wonder if the idiot that voted no even read the details.

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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 09:11:42 PM »
Quote from: Justin Bieber on November 30, 2010, 09:06:37 PM
Quote from: dead0man on November 30, 2010, 08:32:00 PM
I wonder if the idiot that voted no even read the details.

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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2010, 09:21:08 PM »
     Why do I suspect that people opposing this has everything to do with the topic title? Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2010, 09:32:05 PM »
Quote from: Emperor PiT on November 30, 2010, 09:21:08 PM
     Why do I suspect that people opposing this has everything to do with the topic title? Tongue
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Seriously though...of course it does.  The knee jerk reaction some people have when they read the word "gun" (on both sides of the issue) must send a lot of them to ER.
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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2010, 01:54:27 PM »
I read the entire thing, and I still oppose it.  Guns should not be allowed at all, much less transported on the same conveyance as their madcap owners.
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2010, 02:18:59 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2010, 07:30:40 PM »
Quote from: opebo on December 01, 2010, 01:54:27 PM
Guns should not be allowed at all, much less transported on the same conveyance as their madcap owners.

Except for the police and military, I assume?  How else would those filthy democracy-supporters be kept at bay?
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« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2010, 07:37:28 PM »
Support. No reason not to.
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« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2010, 08:09:46 PM »
Quote from: opebo on December 01, 2010, 01:54:27 PM
I read the entire thing, and I still oppose it.  Guns should not be allowed at all, much less transported on the same conveyance as their madcap owners.
Well, to be fair...you are "special".
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« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2010, 09:31:54 PM »

huge supporter. 


This is the coolest thing since Sam Peckinpah stopped making movies.  Well, sort of.  After all, your article says that they have to be unloaded.  And stowed away.  In places out of reach.  But hey, it's sort of like "medical marijuana" right?  It's not a bad start. 
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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2010, 01:19:53 AM »
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« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2010, 03:47:53 PM »
Well that's totally safe.
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« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2010, 03:57:40 PM »

I would agree that having unloaded guns in locked suitcases in the luggage compartment is, in fact, totally safe.
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« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2010, 04:21:39 PM »
Quote from: wormyguy on December 02, 2010, 03:57:40 PM

I would agree that having unloaded guns in locked suitcases in the luggage compartment is, in fact, totally safe.

But wormy, a gun could accidentally be loaded and accidentally go off.  The bullet might go through the suitcase and might get lodged in someone's brain.
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« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2010, 04:30:14 PM »
Quote from: I'll Throw You In The Ocean, I'll Pass You To The Sea on December 02, 2010, 04:21:39 PM
Quote from: wormyguy on December 02, 2010, 03:57:40 PM

I would agree that having unloaded guns in locked suitcases in the luggage compartment is, in fact, totally safe.

But wormy, a gun could accidentally be loaded and accidentally go off.  The bullet might go through the suitcase and might get lodged in someone's brain.

I suppose it would be uncivil to ask whose brain . . .
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« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2010, 05:40:04 PM »

Did you even read about the situation? This works the same way for airlines..... Why is Amtrak so different?
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« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2010, 09:00:58 PM »
Yeah guys, guns are bad.

Uh-oh, someone just broke into my house.  And he's got a g
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« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2010, 09:07:51 PM »
Don't really see anything remotely objectionable with this. Particularly since their unloaded and concealed... I'm not exactly Mr. Gun Control in any way, shape, or form though.

Not to mention its amtrak.

Quote from: I'll Throw You In The Ocean, I'll Pass You To The Sea on December 02, 2010, 09:00:58 PM
Yeah guys, guns are bad.

Uh-oh, someone just broke into my house.  And he's got a g

What a totally reasonable way to frame your argument. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2010, 07:16:34 PM »
I support it... it only makes sense to bring it in line with airline policies (if not even moreso, because it's a lot easier to access an airline cockpit than a locomotive).
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« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2010, 07:47:18 PM »
Threads like this just further prove how many left leaning hacks we have here.  No, "hack" isn't the right word...at least hacks try to defend their wrongness with spin and distractions.  Let me start over....

Threads like this just further prove how many left leaning brainless weenies we have here.
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« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2010, 10:46:01 PM »
Quote from: dead0man on December 03, 2010, 07:47:18 PM
Threads like this just further prove how many left leaning hacks we have here.  No, "hack" isn't the right word...at least hacks try to defend their wrongness with spin and distractions.  Let me start over....

Threads like this just further prove how many left leaning brainless weenies we have here.

36.8%?
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