imperialism2024 wrote:
Well... signs carry no legal weight in Pennsylvania. So you're not being restricted in any way now that the 30th street station is posted. You can continue to carry concealed on private property, and you can openly carry so long as you're not asked to leave... in which case you must leave or be charged with defiant trespass. Regardless, nothing has changed, it's just that the station has posted its policy instead of just having it in writing.
This is an interesting situation, if the TSA has been given authority to operate on Amtrak, which from the limited research I have seen it has, I would be willing to bet those signs may very well have legal weight. Someone who knows more about what legal authority the TSA operates under, and what federal statutes they could use to limit handguns on Amtrak needs to chime in.
**edited to add**
Looking into this more, just confuses me.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title5a/5a_2_.html
"the term "designated Federal entity" means Amtrak, ...... ... and the United States Postal Service;
So I know Amtrak is a federally created and controlled corporation, does that make them federal property? or Not?