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

[Richard Barth]

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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