Guns now a federal crime at nuclear power plants in Texas and beyond - 0 views
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New signs will be posted at the South Texas Project nuclear power plant, as a new law takes effect making it a federal crime to carry a gun into a nuclear plant. While security has always been tight, with armed guards manning metal detectors at the heavily fortified main gates, it has never actually been against federal law to pack heat at the nation's 102 nuclear power plants until now. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said plants had to rely on local prosecutors to accept "Carrying a Prohibitied Weapon" charge, which was unlikely since there was such a grey area in the law. The new law now allows the FBI and federal prosecutors to arrest and charge anyone found with a gun at those metal detectors.
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New signs will be posted at the South Texas Project nuclear power plant, as a new law takes effect making it a federal crime to carry a gun into a nuclear plant. While security has always been tight, with armed guards manning metal detectors at the heavily fortified main gates, it has never actually been against federal law to pack heat at the nation's 102 nuclear power plants until now. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said plants had to rely on local prosecutors to accept "Carrying a Prohibitied Weapon" charge, which was unlikely since there was such a grey area in the law. The new law now allows the FBI and federal prosecutors to arrest and charge anyone found with a gun at those metal detectors.