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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by csxengineer98</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by 88gta350</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by csxengineer98</i> <br /><br />this is a good example of why railroaders should be able to carry side arms...pilots are alowed to carry them now... so why not railroaders for self defence!!!!! <br />csx engineer <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Anyone can carry a gun as long as their state permits it and they have the required permit. I imagine the railroad would frown on the pratice though. Hell, 7-11 employees probably have more firepower than most third world countries..... everyone has a right to defend themselves. <br />[/quote]well.... that maybe ture about the right to carry permits...but you are wrong about railroad workers being able to carry firearms... we are not alowed to have or carry firearms or any wepons of any kind on comp. proporty..that means you cant even pull into the parking lot of the yard office with an achory bow in a rackin the back window of your pickup truck becouse you plan on going hunting when your shift is over!!!!... .... you can be subject to major disaplanary investigation!!!!! <br />csx engineer <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I don't think it's so bad that the railroad doesn't allow employees to carry guns. Come on now, things like this can happen anywhere to anyone. If it keeps happening in certain area than that's an exception, but because some crazy speed-tweaking idiot in texarkana thinks he's going to come upon a goldmine by robbing a railworker (last time I checked they weren't pulling in the million$), I don't think that's much reason to arm the populace. Next thing you know, some poor hobo's going to get popped because he approached a brakeman in the dark to ask for directions and the brakemen panicked. Guns? Not always such a good idea.
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