Amtrak workers’ union denounces plan to let passengers bring guns on trains: ‘Sheer lunacy’
Summary
The Transport Workers Union criticized Amtrak’s planned policy allowing passengers to carry firearms in locked cases aboard more trains. The policy is scheduled to begin in January 2027, and the union says it could put passengers and onboard workers at risk.Key Facts
- The Transport Workers Union represents 360 Amtrak onboard service workers.
- Under the planned policy, passengers would give firearms in cases to a station agent, who would attach an Amtrak-owned combination lock.
- Passengers would carry the locked cases onboard, and an agent at the destination would remove the Amtrak lock.
- Amtrak currently permits firearms on some long-distance trains when they are stored in secure baggage cars.
- The change would allow firearms in passenger areas on an additional 1,500 trains per day, according to the union.
- The union says the policy would affect routes used by about 750,000 daily passengers in the Northeast Corridor.
- The union urged the federal government to reverse the policy and noted that many Amtrak stations lack Amtrak staff or law enforcement on site.
- Amtrak did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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