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Originally Posted by pitor
Amtrak does? If so scrooem what a waste of resources. Why so many pansies keep being afraid of licensed CCW is beyond me.
We are the good guys, don't they get it? The most law-abiding sector of the citizenry is comprised of those who carry concealed.
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Well, they do have sniffing dogs. What precisely they're trained to alert on, we don't exactly know. But I'd have to think that it would be various forms of explosives. If "black powder" is one of those explosives, then anyone who has or is transporting any, or rounds, or whatever might be subject to an alert, and then a "Shake & Bake" inspection.
They definitely use these dogs on the Amtrak "Auto t rain" Before a vehicle is loaded onto the container cars in Lorton Va. They have an Amtrak Police dog do a cursory "sniff" once around the exterior of each vehicle. I don't think they'd be sniffing for drugs, in that case. Well, maybe they are, but I'd think that things that can blow up the train are their greater priority. They also allow the dog to walk around the terminal interior (a break from being outside) and sniff for whatever its trained for.
I've also seen these dogs come on the regular "Metroliner" service at the Baltimore train station as the train heads towards DC. Again, sniffing for who knows what, but I suspect some forms of explosives.