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

[David Brown]

Way back in 92 before the days of terrorists I was leaving Canberra for
Kyrgyzstan.  Canberra is a regional airport and is quite small.  I was
challenged by security over my Canon SLR camera to turn it on and show the
officer that it worked.  I took her photo.  She was naturally horrified but
as I said that was before terrorism so there was little she could do.
Today, I would not be so bold.

David 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net 
> [mailto:mishmash-bounces at mishmash.net] On Behalf Of Richard Barth
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:51 AM
> To: Mishmash
> 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