Posted on 12/14/2005 5:35:31 AM PST by Esther Ruth
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Teams will patrol the Washington Metro system, as well and will consist of two air marshals, one TSA bomb-sniffing-canine team, one or two transportation security inspectors, one local law enforcement officer, and one other TSA employee.
Federal officials said there is no new intelligence indicating that terrorists are interested in targeting transportation modes, the Post said.
Some members of the team will be obvious to the traveling public and wear jackets bearing the TSA name on the back. Others will be plainclothes air marshals scanning the crowds for suspicious individuals.
It is unclear how many Viper teams will be on patrol through the New Year's holiday, but air marshal officials confirm that they will be at seven locations across the country.
So when are they going to put Federal Air Marshals on the old Greyhound bus?
Wouldn't they be "Rail Marshalls" then?
Thats exactly what I was thinking. Although, I wasn't aware we still used trains in America. What are they doing, deploying six Rail Marshalls effective immediately?
Might as well send some Marshals to go guard the border as well.
Does anyone know if in general private citizens are allowed to carry guns on trains? That would offset the need for rail marshalls to some degree.
So has it become illegal to carry concealed on trains, busses, etc. in the jurrisdictions where such is otherwise legal?
That's gotta feel like a demotion.
Yeah, demotion for sure. Can you see somebody asking this guy what he does for a living and he is ashamed?
The trains to worry about are the freights carrying chemcials
and munitions,and the ones coming up from Mexico un-inspected.
(as remain many if not most semi trailers coming up from Mexico)
imo
Better take your imodium before you get on board Amtrak. If you get the URGENT need to exit the train, a Death Marshall will blow your brains out then emphatically state to the press "he made statements to the EFFECT that he had a BOMB"
..and the ones coming up from Mexico un-inspected.
(as remain many if not most semi trailers coming up from Mexico)
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Uninspected? Really?
I take two every day each way on my commute.
That's gotta feel like a demotion.
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I don't think so....
Planes are relatively very safe.
Trains are much harder work I would think to monitor and police. So you have to be even better at what you're doing.
People constantly getting off and on every 5 minutes as they carry folks in and out of the burbs.
OMG now they'll be killing folks on trains too.
"Bus Marshal" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, nope.
I believe it's still mainly a matter of state law.
Depending on the state, if the trains are privately owned, the owner may also be able to ban the possession of a firearm on the bus, since it's privately owned property.
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