Greyhound Bus weapons policy
While looking over the Greyhound website, I thought I would check their weapons policy; however, I was only able to find this short quote:
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On Board Restrictions
For everyone's safety and comfort, Greyhound asks that customers please follow certain restrictions while on board. Federal law does not permit smoking on Greyhound buses. We have a zero tolerance for alcohol, drugs, weapons and unruly behavior.
No other reference or legal reasoning is provided. Surprisingly Greyhound Canada has more information on their site: http://www.greyhound.ca/en/travel_in.../baggage.shtml
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Originally Posted by
Rolsby
While looking over the Greyhound website, I thought I would check their weapons policy; however, I was only able to find this short quote:
No other reference or legal reasoning is provided. Surprisingly Greyhound Canada has more information on their site:
http://www.greyhound.ca/en/travel_in.../baggage.shtml
Considering the folks you meet on those buses, I would carry!!!!
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I took a Greyhound bus from Scranton to Ft. Leonard Wood, MO 2 years ago. I'll never do THAT again! Here's what I can tell you.
The bigger bus stations (Philly, Pitt, Indianapolis etc.) wand occasionally during the day when it's busy. Philly went through bags both times I was there on that trip. A p3at carried mexican(only while in the station) behind my belt buckle got me through the one time I was wanded. My 1911 was inside my pack in a playstation box until I got to MO and could carry it. I had no issue. I would NOT EVER ride a bus again without carrying. I'm unsure if peaceable journey applies to a trip like that. I hoped it did.
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Butcher's knives are just fine in Canada.
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UGH i hate busses.. i had to take one from texas to my hometown.. took me like 45 hours... i didnt sleep at all.. due to the intresting people i met on the bus lol!
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Michele
Take Amtrak ;)
Why? They have similar policies, and I believe their security measures may be even harder to circumvent.
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Rode a bus from Houston to Butler. Lots of scary people around the bus stations. Better safe than sorry
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gnbrotz
Why? They have similar policies, and I believe their security measures may be even harder to circumvent.
And AMTRAK being a quasi-Federal agency, the penalty is MUCH worse. ;)
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Being good at the art of concealing means never having to worry about silly little " no firearms/weapons" rules at a business. ( As long as it's not federal or state.)
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Hard to conceal past a metal detector...
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Originally Posted by
steamtownwelder
I took a Greyhound bus from Scranton to Ft. Leonard Wood, MO 2 years ago. I'll never do THAT again! Here's what I can tell you.
The bigger bus stations (Philly, Pitt, Indianapolis etc.) wand occasionally during the day when it's busy. Philly went through bags both times I was there on that trip. A p3at carried mexican(only while in the station) behind my belt buckle got me through the one time I was wanded. My 1911 was inside my pack in a playstation box until I got to MO and could carry it. I had no issue. I would NOT EVER ride a bus again without carrying. I'm unsure if peaceable journey applies to a trip like that. I hoped it did.
Not too hard I guess.
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I rode a Greyhound from Phoenix AZ to Allentown 3 years ago and the only time we were checked for ANYTHING was in Albequerque New Mexico. They didn't check luggage at all the entire trip. They just had an officer wand us before we could get back on the bus. They apparantly didnt care if we had a gun as long as we left it on the bus when we got to the station. They just didn't want us taking any from inside the station to our next stop.
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Primarily, I was looking for the legal basis or authority Greyhound is using to ban guns. I guess no one knows.
Plus, why is Canada's website is so much more thorough?
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Rolsby
Primarily, I was looking for the legal basis or authority Greyhound is using to ban guns. I guess no one knows.
Plus, why is Canada's website is so much more thorough?
I'm not a lawyer, but I would imagine their legal basis would be private property rights, the buses are Greyhounds property, they don't want guns on their property, they have that right. I don't imagine they can have you arrested if they found out you were carrying, but they surely could ask you to leave their property, then arrest you if you don't leave.
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