Obama signs bill mandating gun OWNERS to be locked up in boxes on trains

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 21 December, 2009 | David Codrea

[marktwain]

We all make mistakes, so perhaps this is just one of those cases where the results lend themselves to ridicule. From Fox News:

It may sound absurd. But President Obama signed a bill into law Wednesday that requires passengers who carry firearms aboard Amtrak be locked in boxes for their journey.

It's a mistake in the law's wording. But for now, the clerical error is the law of the land.

I'm sure there's no shortage of antis who would have no problem getting on board with that idea.

Thing is:

The bill text was correct when the House approved the legislation last week. The Senate followed suit Sunday, but somewhere along the line, the language that referred to putting the guns in locked boxes morphed into stuffing "passengers" into locked boxes.

How did this happen?

Did a clerk screw up? Was it a printing error?

We're told the mistake is fixable, but not until next year. And we're told "that Amtrak has six months to implement the policy," so it looks like no one will be called on to test the new requirement.

[Domandred]

Hrmm well at least I’d be with my gun apparently

[deks]

Possibly the mistaken wording is only in the text of the printed version that Obama signed?

[An Old Man]

I’d love to see the first case where they try to enforce this law as written.

You might want to reconsider those words.

The box could look like this!

[metmom]

I never thought of it THAT way.

And that’s how some gun owners would go.

[Impy]

I agree. Maybe that will encourage them to pass fewer and shorter laws. And if you aren’t on the floor while the bill is being read then you aren’t allowed to vote for it.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Good question. Creepy that they have that kind of power and don’t even read carefully.

[combat_boots]

bttt

What is the status of this?

What happened to the video cpatured in British Columbia, taken at night, of the tanks being transported south to California? I was looking for it, and I found this. “evidence of economic collapse martial law preparations”:

http://eclipptv.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=7521