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Cheeky ploy to smuggle pistol foiled in the end
AJC ^ | 2-05-05 | LATEEF MUNGIN

Posted on 02/05/2005 6:35:03 AM PST by Vigilantcitizen

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To: Cindy; Vigilantcitizen

another child weapon smuggler


21 posted on 02/05/2005 7:21:18 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: ScottFromSpokane
One up the spout?

The dude could have ended up with dual exhaust.

22 posted on 02/05/2005 7:22:15 AM PST by dirtboy (Tagloin down for oil change and lube because it was squeaking)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
Separated at birth?
23 posted on 02/05/2005 7:27:54 AM PST by glock rocks ( Miss Kitty, the sun hasn't come up on the day that Marshal Dillon can't take care of himself.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
If he had tried to smuggle this one in, internally, he might have gotten away with it:


24 posted on 02/05/2005 7:28:12 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Ah yes. The butt gun.


25 posted on 02/05/2005 7:46:25 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Vigilantcitizen
So was the handgun already "holstered" while the guy was walking around, or did he somehow manage that feat while in the squad? And unless he was wearing a kilt - I will go out on a limb in assuming he's not on some sort of Gwinnett County bagpipe and drum corps - how on earth could he...

Maybe I really don't want to know.

26 posted on 02/05/2005 7:51:15 AM PST by niteowl77
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To: edskid
Maybe I really don't want to know.

That's my take.

27 posted on 02/05/2005 7:52:12 AM PST by Vigilantcitizen (#40, #92)
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To: DCPatriot

same here, still have moisture in my pupilarries


28 posted on 02/05/2005 7:52:18 AM PST by tai-pan (all about the pics?)
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To: MineralMan

I haven't seen a tear gas pen in years... let alone a "conversion."


29 posted on 02/05/2005 7:56:02 AM PST by niteowl77
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To: edskid

Well, I wouldn't want to fire that thing. You might break a finger, but it would be an effective close-range weapon, I suppose, and could be easily smuggled internally.

I once build a .25 caliber single shot that was only three inches long, and built out of parts I picked up in a hardware store in less than 10 minutes. Crude, but deadly. I fired it once, then disassembled it. It was done on a bet from some guy that said I couldn't do it.


30 posted on 02/05/2005 7:59:30 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Ah yes. The butt gun.

I think it was a buttline special...

31 posted on 02/05/2005 8:04:02 AM PST by null and void (God must love stupid people - He made so many of them... (Not enough to win an election!) -restornu)
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To: edskid
Here's a .22 cal pen gun, that is, apparently, actually available in some way:


32 posted on 02/05/2005 8:04:08 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

The "butt gun" is for defending yourself against the ever dangerous and aggressive "butt pirates"! Now he's vulnerable to their wiley ways.


33 posted on 02/05/2005 8:06:45 AM PST by SASsySIGster (Valentine's gifts should sparkle or go BANG! really loud.)
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To: MineralMan
They wouldn't be hard to turn out, but would still require lots more effort than the old car antenna zip guns. When I was a kid, the local "cop shop" had a display of home-made weapons they had confiscated, and I always enjoyed looking over the better ones just to see how they worked (more fascinating but impractical information that has not come in handy so far). Nowdays, they'd probably shoo me out or call my folks.
34 posted on 02/05/2005 8:13:32 AM PST by niteowl77
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To: billorites

"Well, I think we all know the feeling..."

HAHAHAHAHA...that's SOOO bad...


35 posted on 02/05/2005 8:16:08 AM PST by melbell (A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, and say your mother)
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To: MineralMan

cool beans!

What are the chances those are legal?? lol


36 posted on 02/05/2005 8:18:54 AM PST by melbell (A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, and say your mother)
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To: melbell
Those aren't, I don't think, but there is one legal pen gun. It folds, and won't fire until it is folded into the shape of a pistol. Let me see if I can find a photo:


37 posted on 02/05/2005 8:28:26 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: MineralMan

oh well then...relatively easy to carry around with you, but at least whoever you shoot will KNOW they are about to be shot...

lol...just sounds funny that it having the basic shape of an actual gun makes it legal...hehe. Still would be a nifty thing to have!

It looks antique-y. Do they still make them?


38 posted on 02/05/2005 8:35:18 AM PST by melbell (A Freudian slip is when you mean one thing, and say your mother)
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To: Vigilantcitizen; edskid

Yep, some things are just TMI. I am certain detailed knowledge of this incident is one of them.


39 posted on 02/05/2005 8:38:58 AM PST by FreedomPoster
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To: Vigilantcitizen
...said sheriff's spokeswoman Stacey Kelley. "I don't now how he was able to conceal the weapon in that area. It is very unusual."

Big guy was he? A plumber maybe?

40 posted on 02/05/2005 9:28:23 AM PST by TigersEye (Intellectuals only exist if you think they do.)
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