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 allow people to carry on firearms in personal lock boxes. Continue reading...

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