Usa Informations

ll firearms and/or ammunition must be checked at least 30 minutes prior to scheduled train

departure. Some larger stations require that baggage be checked earlier. Please contact your departure

station for more details.

 All firearms (rifles, shotguns, handguns, starter pistols) must be unloaded and in an approved, locked

hard-sided container not exceeding 62" L x 17" W x 7" D (1575 mm x 432 mm x 178 mm). The

passenger must have sole possession of the key or the combination for the lock to the container. The

weight of the container may not exceed 50 lb/23 kg.

 Smaller locked, hard-sided containers containing smaller unloaded firearms such as handguns and

starter pistols must be securely stored within a suitcase or other item of checked baggage, but the

existence of such a firearm must be declared.

 All ammunition carried must be securely packed in the original manufacturer's container; in fiber,

wood, or metal boxes; or in other packaging specifically designed to carry small amounts of

ammunition. The maximum weight of all ammunition and containers may not exceed 11 lb/5 kg.

 The passenger is responsible for knowing and following all federal, state, and local firearm laws at all

jurisdictions to and through which he or she will be travelling.

 All other Amtrak checked baggage policies apply, including limits on the number of pieces of

checked baggage, the maximum weight of each piece (50 lb/23 kg).

 Firearms/ammunition may not be carried in carry-on baggage; therefore, checked baggage must be

available on all trains and at all stations in the passenger's itinerary.

 At the time of check-in, passengers will be required to complete and sign a two-part Declaration

Form.

 BB guns and Compressed Air Guns (to include paintball markers), are to be treated as firearms and

must comply with the above firearms policy. Canisters, tanks, or other devices containing propellants www.handgunlaw.us 7

must be emptied prior to checking and securely packaged within the contents of the passenger's

luggage.

Passengers failing to meet the above-mentioned requirements for checking firearms will be denied

transportation.

Passengers wanting to make firearms declaration in writing should use the Contact Us page and click on

"Checked Firearms Program" from the subject selection menu and follow guidance.

Carry In National Parks & National Wildlife Areas & Refuges

National Park System Pamphlet on Firearms

Any Park or area that falls under the US Dept of Interior now allows the Carrying of firearms. You

must be legal to carry the firearm in the state the Park etc is located to carry in the park.

In February 2010 carry in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges will be legal if you can legally

carry a concealed firearm in the state the National Park or National Wildlife Refuge is located in. Carry

in any buildings owned by the federal government (Which would be any building people work in) in

National Parks/National Wildlife Refuges is illegal. Other federal laws ban the carrying of firearms in

federally owned buildings. Federal Buildings must be posted. (See Below) The states can pass

Laws/Rules/Regulations to ban the carrying of firearms in National Parks/National Wildlife Refuges if they

wish. The new Federal Code for this change is below.

Title 36 Chpt. 1 Part 2 § 2.4 Weapons Traps and Nets.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Chapter, a person may possess, carry, and transport

concealed, loaded, and operable firearms within a national park area in accordance with the laws of the state

in which the national park area, or that portion there of, is located, except as otherwise prohibited by

applicable federal law.

Chapter 50 Chapter 1 Part 27 § 27.42 Firearms.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Chapter, persons may possess, carry, and transport concealed,

loaded, and operable firearms within a national wildlife refuge in accordance with the laws of the state in

which the wildlife refuge, or that portion thereof, is located, except as otherwise prohibited

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