Posted on 01/19/2006 10:31:40 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
Secret gun fuels gun culture fears in East End
18 January 2006
Concealed keyring gun
A gun disguised as a matchbox size keyring has fuelled new fears on gun culture in the East End
The double-barrelled pistol, capable of firing 9mm rounds was found at the flat of teenager Charles Yeboah, after he was arrested in connection with a spree of armed car-jackings in Mile End and Bethnal Green.
Det Insp Kevin Baldwin of Bethnal Green robbery squad said: "I've never seen anything like this before. “It could kill you."
The weapon was uncovered along with a ballbearing-firing replica pistol, CS gas and £60,000 of crack cocaine at Yeboah's flat in Homerton.
Yeboah was jailed for six-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court last week after admitting firearm and drug offences.
The keyring gun is believed to come from eastern Europe, It was originally used with blanks and gas cartridges for personal defence but has been altered to fire live rounds.
The first 'key ring' gun found in Britain was at Heathrow Airport in 1998 and nicknamed 'the Wasp.'
Barrister David Dyson, a firearms consultant specialising in firearms cases, said: "I've seen four or five in the past few years which are well made, well machined - and lethal. The big problem is accuracy, as there's no real way to grip or aim them, unlike handguns. But at point blank range or even from across the street, they will kill you.
I'd like to watch somebody else shoot one of those--
“It could kill you."
Wonder what this cop thinks weapons are for?
Det Insp Kevin Baldwin of Bethnal Green robbery squad said: "I've never seen anything like this before. “It could kill you."
Brit pansies.
But, but, but.....I thought that guns were ILLEGAL in Britan. Surely, there must have been some sort of a misprint, here.
Not exactly long range, but better than a broken beer bottle.
Muslim derringer?
Yeboah, taken into custody in conjunction with a string of recent crimes in London, was seen leaving his flat in police custody, his right arm in a plaster cast up to the elbow. The young miscreant appeared to be in some considerable pain.
You'd have to be really really scared of guns to be worried that this thing is gonna take over the culture and kill you.
Yeh - I don't think I'm going to be holding that thing when it goes off. But if everyone else around you only has a knife..."in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king."
Carry in a safe place. Be sure to wear your bulletproof underpants..
Sounds like a plague!
......and thusly, England was born.
looks like a butane lighter. lighter's are dangerouse, they can lead to smoking.
Long, long ago in a place far, far away across a very big pond I had a 9mm ball point pen.
Actually I bet on someone skilled with a blade, especially throwing a blade, over someone with this thing anyday. I can't see someone hitting a moving taget with that thing other than by sheer luck. This gun only works at close range with a target who doesn't know it's coming.
Lighters don't merely "lead to" smoking, they cause it! Studies show many people start smoking within minutes or sometimes seconds after purchasing a new lighter.
?It could kill you."
Or put your eye out./snicker
Translation: A BB gun.
Let's send the UK a few million pairs of Neuticles(TM).
Even if the lefties could put an end to smuggling (very doubtful) they will never stop criminals from obtaining guns. Not that stopping criminals is the point....
I want that!!!
Oh come on... Model 360. But at 12 oz unloaded, it does kick a bit... 
I see your key-chain "gun"
and
raise by one 1911 loaded with PowRball!
and now who is twiggled in a nitpouch?!?
Cheers!
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Yep. I've been thinking about building myself a target pistol in .17 HMR. I'm in the machine tool business, so it shouldn't be too hard.
Here's someone who's never run across one of Mitch WerBel's old *stinger* hideout weapons.
"When they kick at your front door
How Ya gonna come
with your hand on your 'ead
or the trigger of your gun!"
Stinger bttt^
on the trigger of my gun :)
That's a good song, by the Clash. (guns of brixton)
It does have a bit of a kick. If she were to be attacked, perhaps just one, though.
Wonder what this cop thinks weapons are for?
That quote jumped out at me, too. Yeah, I'd have to agree that a couple 9's pumped into you would do the job, all right.
340PD. First round is .38+p then fire for effect with four rounds .357.
Hey! this is a family site! ;-)
Gotta have one of those!!!!
How do you like that? I was thinking about buying one for giggles. I think I can get one for about $450 out the door or $550 with a laser.
We bought a 640 for my wife and she just flat didn't like it. She wouldn't tell me though. It was only after I got her a Glock 19 would she go to the range with me :-)
I purchased the 640 before the 360 was invented. The heavier stainless steel reduces the felt recoil. A little weight savings is no big deal when you consider the other end of my revolver preferences weighs in at 82 oz unloaded. I can shoot that one-handed.
Perfectly good plan. My "grab" box actually has the 686+ 7-round .357msg with 4" barrel loaded with the previously referenced HydraShoks. The 640 is currently filled with Nyclad rounds.
I will consider myself fortunate if the only thing contacted by my rounds is the X ring in a paper target. The legal morass that follows a defensive shooting is very time consuming and expensive.
I wouldn't fire that thing for a hundred dollars.
Its most appealing feature to her is that it is a revolver; my wife has weak hands, inadequate to rack just about anything other than our S&W 422 .22 semi-automatic, but that's not a self-defense gun.
It's certainly not the most accurate handgun but adequate enough to plug a BG at close quarters, which is the situation one would expect to have to use it. And I have read that the .32 magnum round is a stopper (just a little smaller than a .38).
I paid $400 (new) for it at a gun show about a year ago.
It probably kicks less than a S&W Scandium .357 at 11 oz.
the other end of my revolver preferences weighs in at 82 oz unloaded
Hope you got a sling for that. ;-) 460XVR?
BTW, I've shot the 360 one-handed. Bit of a challenge being real accurate that way (at least for me...)
Thanks. My wife likes her G19 but finds it impractical to carry so she bought a Tomcat. She loves it but I worry about stopping power. She didn't like the recoil of the 640 so maybe the .32mag would be better.
I pick up a 357PD tomorrow. .41mag. No, it's not the same size as the 340PD :-)
The big boys are the S&W Performance Center model of the Hunter 500 Magnum, S&W Performance Center model of the Hunter 460XVR and a Magnum Research BFR 45-70 with 10" barrel. Both S&Ws have the sling and rug. The really sad news is that I have been too busy to even shoot the 460. I've had it for 6 months. My wife purchased a new Ruger MKIII .22 pistol with the fancy fluted barrel. That one hasn't been shot yet either. Today is also the day the gate combination gets changed at the range. I spent $38 and only managed to spend 2 hours at the range last year. I have to spend that again today for the next year.
My big boys in the Ruger line are 7.5" barrel models of the .454 Casull and 480 Ruger. The big revolvers are principally intended for either handgun hunting or backup when hunting large, dangerous animals with a rifle. Given all my spare time, the "animals" tend to be metallic silhouettes. They magically appear when it is convenient for me to do some plinking, and don't delay me too much on the way for a good steak at the local restaurant :-)
I know I read that the USA has a drug gang culture but aint drugs illegal in America.
/sarcasm
Same thought occurred to me. The one most likely to be hurt is the one carrying this in his pocket. Ouch.
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