Amtrak workers’ union denounces plan to let passengers bring guns on trains: ‘Sheer lunacy’

New policy would permit passengers to take firearms to their seats in lockboxes on 1,500 trains a day across the US The Transport Workers Union, which represents 360 onboard service workers at national passenger rail operator Amtrak, has lambasted the planned implementation of a new policy that would permit passengers to bring their guns on its US intercity trains. The forthcoming protocols will…

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New policy would permit passengers to take firearms to their seats in lockboxes on 1,500 trains a day across the US The Transport Workers Union, which represents 360 onboard service workers at national passenger rail operator Amtrak, has lambasted the planned…

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