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Amtrak eyes gun lockboxes on 1,500 routes, traveler arrested

5/4/2026

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Amtrak is evaluating a rule to add lockboxes on trains, expanding firearm carriage to 1,500 daily routes, including the Northeast Corridor.
A man who rode California to Washington, D.C., carrying a shotgun and pistol was arrested trying to breach White House dinner security.
Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt and Sheldon Jacobson say expansion would reduce safety and rail screening is impractical but rail travel is safer than air.

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Story summary

Amtrak is evaluating a rule to add lockboxes on trains, expanding firearm carriage to 1,500 daily routes, including the Northeast Corridor.
A man who rode California to Washington, D.C., carrying a shotgun and pistol was arrested trying to breach White House dinner security.
Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt and Sheldon Jacobson say expansion would reduce safety and rail screening is impractical but rail travel is safer than air.