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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:05 PM Original message |
Senate Votes To Let Travelers Carry Guns On Amtrak (in their checked baggage) |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. About time this was clarified. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's the kind of shit Dems will have to tack onto health care reform to get a bipartisan vote. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. No problem with this. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure I'll get flamed, but I think this shit sucks. Stoopit. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Speaking of stupid....did you missed the "checked baggage" part? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yes, I did. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Feel free to! |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. it's not just stoopid...it's idiotic |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. This will effectively shut down Amtrak. That is what the Amendment is designed to do. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Bolony. It won't shut down Amtrak any more than airlines have been shut down for allowing the same |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Airlines already had gun-scanning in place. Adding that infrastructure to Amtrak will cost money |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. "Gun scanning" This requires them to allowed DECLARED AND CHECKED firearms. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Airlines received $ BILLIONS in subsidies to make it possible |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Did you read the bill? I linked to it below. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. At that time, they were not really worried about bombs |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That is what I was wondering. |
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Fastcars (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Seems to me..... |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. And now, non-law abiding people can access law-abiding people's guns on the train. |
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Jackson1999 (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Why would they scan baggage? |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Why shouldn't they scan baggage? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Amtrack allowed checked firearms for decades |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is a reasonable amendment -- its basicly the same policy for checking in guns while flying |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Who checks bags on a train? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. An unfunded mandate for Amtrak |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Amtrack allowed checked firearms for decades. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. You don't think the security demands |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The problem is that it is very difficult |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Even the Brady Campaign has no problem with it. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Text of the bill |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Hell yes give them their guns locked in their |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
31. Good. If Amtrak wants to be a serious competitor to the airlines |
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