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Fight to allow checked guns on Amtrak

A push in Congress for broader gun rights is threatening to derail Amtrak and stall a transportation spending bill. Gun rights advocates in Congress are pressing appropriators to keep a provision that would let Amtrak passengers check in handguns with their baggage.

Read About It: The Hill

Posted: 10/26/2009 9:42:19 AM

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