[Mishmash] FW: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!

[Fred Atkinson]

    But God Bless all of them for being so thorough.

    Regards,




Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Barth" <w3hwn at comcast.net>
To: "Mishmash" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] FW: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!


> Fred,
>
> I had seen the cell phone/gun video before, and also the
> pager/gun.  They're not high
> tech and it's probably only a matter of time before they're both
> common in this country
> as well.  As for turning on a laptop, that has been standard practice
> for several years.
> I had gotten used to doing it a couple years ago while I was still
> traveling overseas
> several times a year.  What with the (potentially) explosive sneakers
> that Richard Read
> brought aboard a trans-Atlantic flight a few years ago, it's obvious
> that weaponry can
> be built into very inconspicuous packages.  It's easy to see why the
> security folks are
> nervous.
>
> Dick
>
>
> At 03:15 AM 7/2/2007, you wrote:
> >     Back when I was working for SkyTel, someone had made a small gun
that
> >looked like a pager.
> >
> >     Every time I went through airport security with all of my pagers (I
had
> >about five of them), they would freak out.  I'd have to turn on every one
of
> >them and demonstrate them.
> >
> >     Once I was leaving Columbia to return to D.C..  The security guard
> >wanted to know why I had so many pagers.  I explained to her that I
worked
> >for a rather large paging company and gave her my business card.  She
asked
> >if she could keep the card.  I didn't care if kept it and told her she
was
> >welcome to keep it.
> >
> >     She was training a new guard and babbled on and on about being
> >suspicious of pagers.
> >
> >     Now, I guess the cell phones will be subject to the same scrutiny.
> >
> >     When I took a deaf friend to the airport with her MacIntosh, she
took it
> >in the cabin with her.  They made her power up the MacIntosh at the
security
> >gate and prove it really was a computer.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Fred
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David Brown" <krasney at k-ow.net>
> >To: "'Mishmash'" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
> >Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:02 AM
> >Subject: [Mishmash] FW: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!
> >
> >
> > > After seeing the clip I am not so sure I would ask the owner to
> >demonstrate
> > > that the cell phone works ;-)
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: Chuck Coull
> > > Subject: [ulysses] It's a Cell-Phone-Gun!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Subject: Yes- it is a cell-phone gun!!!!
> > >
> > > Read this and then watch the video clip.
> > > Most see airport security as a pain. Some deal better than others.
Some
> > > Feel violated, when you watch this movie, you'll understand why they
> > > Want your cell phone through the x-ray machine.
> > >
> > > If you get asked to test your cell phone at the airport, this is the
> > > Reason. Because cell phone guns have arrived. They are real. The
> > > Attached video clip shows how cell phone guns operate. These phones
are
> > > Not in the U.S. Yet, but they are in use overseas. Beneath the digital
> > > Phone face is a .22 calibre handgun capable of firing four rounds in
> > > Rapid succession using the standard telephone keypad.
> > >
> > > European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery of
these
> > > Deadly decoys. They say phone guns are changing the rules of
engagement
> > > In Europe .
> > >
> > > "Only when you have one in! your hand do you realize that they are
> > > Heavier than a regular cell phone."  Be patient if security asks to
look
> > > At your cell phone or turn it on  to show that it works. They have a
> > > Good reason!
> > >
> > > Welcome to the world terrorism has created
> > >
> >
> >
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