Should this be reported to the Conductor or to the nearest staff member of any position?Reviewing my manual, absolutely not. If a gun is spotted onboard in the possession of someone other than an on duty officer, police will be called without your knowledge, and you and/or your gun will be removed from the train.
Locked in a case in the baggage car, even. Not allowed as carry on, regardless of locked cases or not.
Nearly nonexistent?If you were to spot someone illegally carrying a weapon on his/her person and reported it to a member of the OBS, what are the chances you'd also be taken off the train as a witness?
Why would this make you fly. All airlines I know of require firearms to be unloaded, in a locked case, in checked baggage. In addition you may have to declare their presence at check in time and the bag may be tagged to indicate their presence. That's very similar to Amtrak's policy.Interesting. I thought you could you could carry a weapon on the train as long as it was locked up. I was wrong. My mistake. In the future, I will fly instead.
Locked in a case in the baggage car, even. Not allowed as carry on, regardless of locked cases or not.
Why would this make you fly. All airlines I know of require firearms to be unloaded, in a locked case, in checked baggage. In addition you may have to declare their presence at check in time and the bag may be tagged to indicate their presence. That's very similar to Amtrak's policy.Interesting. I thought you could you could carry a weapon on the train as long as it was locked up. I was wrong. My mistake. In the future, I will fly instead.
Locked in a case in the baggage car, even. Not allowed as carry on, regardless of locked cases or not.
Perhaps Amtrak should have done more to stop you from illegally carrying handguns where they were not allowed. Even here in pro-gun Texas private businesses still have the right to refuse access to people who try to bring handguns onto their property. And for good reason. We're home to millions of George Zimmerman wannabes. If you return to the airlines I know I'll feel safer not having to risk encountering you on a day you happen to get fired or demoted or dumped or your house is foreclosed or you get drunk or start a fight or any of the other random everyday things that seem to turn perfectly legal gun owners into casual murderers.Unloaded? Really? That is some important NEW criteria you have just heard of? Airlines just ask me to lock my weapon in a case, check it, and I get it back as soon as I land. Amtrak used to have an advantage in my eyes, I just carried it on, locked up in my carry on luggage. Now it does not. I travel to Montana fairly frequently, I hike a good bit. I want a handgun when I am in grizzly territory. Amtrak is making airlines more attractive by making it more irritating to pack a handgun on Amtrak. The sad part is that Amtrak is discouraging legal carry while doing little or nothing to discourage illegal carry.
Perhaps Amtrak should have done more to stop you from illegally carrying handguns where they were not allowed. Even here in pro-gun Texas private businesses still have the right to refuse access to people who try to bring handguns onto their property. And for good reason. We're home to millions of George Zimmerman wannabes. If you return to the airlines I know I'll feel safer not having to risk encountering you on a day you happen to get fired or demoted or dumped or your house is foreclosed or you get drunk or start a fight or any of the other random everyday things that seem to turn perfectly legal gun owners into casual murderers.Unloaded? Really? That is some important NEW criteria you have just heard of? Airlines just ask me to lock my weapon in a case, check it, and I get it back as soon as I land. Amtrak used to have an advantage in my eyes, I just carried it on, locked up in my carry on luggage. Now it does not. I travel to Montana fairly frequently, I hike a good bit. I want a handgun when I am in grizzly territory. Amtrak is making airlines more attractive by making it more irritating to pack a handgun on Amtrak. The sad part is that Amtrak is discouraging legal carry while doing little or nothing to discourage illegal carry.
So how exactly is Amtrak any different?
That makes no sense, as United won't let you carry either. As you say, the only difference is the 24 hour notice.Amtrak won't let me carry my locked up weapon. I don't want you to know that I carry, but I also don't like being told I can't. So I will tell United that I am carrying, and I will avoid Amtrak in the future. Works for me.
That makes no sense, as United won't let you carry either. As you say, the only difference is the 24 hour notice.Amtrak won't let me carry my locked up weapon. I don't want you to know that I carry, but I also don't like being told I can't. So I will tell United that I am carrying, and I will avoid Amtrak in the future. Works for me.
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