WannaBe
08-13-2001, 20:53
I received an email today with a video clip attached. It is about a cell phone gun. Read the following for more information. If anyone is interrested, I have the vid clip as mpeg. I will be more then glad to send it out, just PM me or email me at NArmst3892@cs.com.
Subject: Gun Advisory
The attached was sent to me by one of our members. I tried to find out how
accurate this info was, but no success. However, if the custom officials
check your cell phones, it is likely the below is the reason why.
Thanks to Mr. Bill Vickery, Eglin ISPM, for providing the following
information and video clip:
These were in the news earlier. Now a video clip shows how it works. The
video clip at the bottom will show the cell phone actually firing. Again,
these phones have not hit the US (and hopefully never will), but they are in
use in overseas. So keep that in mind if you are going through customs and
are asked to turn over your cell phone to be checked. Always remember that
you should never joke with Custom Officials and you should do your best to
cooperate.
" Beneath the digital face lies a .22-caliber pistol a phone gun capable of
firing four rounds in quick succession with a touch of the otherwise
standard keypad. European law enforcement officials stunned by the
discovery of these deadly decoys say phone guns are changing the rules of
engagement in Europe.
We find it very, very alarming, says Wolfgang Dicke of the German
Police union. It means police will have to draw their weapons whenever a
person being checked reaches for their mobile phone. Although cell
phone guns have not hit America yet, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, and the U.S. Customs Service say they've been
briefed on the new weapons.
We received word about these guns last month. We have since
alerted our field personnel to be on the lookout for cell phone guns' at
U.S. ports of entry.
Guns on the Move: > These new covert guns were first discovered
in October when Dutch police stumbled on a cache during a drug raid in
Amsterdam. In another recent incident a Croatian gun dealer was caught
attempting to smuggle a shipment through Slovenia into Western Europe.
Police say both shipments are believed to have originated in Yugoslavia.
Interpol sent out a warning to law enforcement agencies around the world.
European border police and customs officers are at a heightened state of
alert at all ports, airports and border crossings.
Realistic Appearance. If you didn' t know they were guns, you wouldn't
suspect anything, said Ari Zandbergen, spokesman for the Amsterdam
police. Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are
heavier, says Birgit Heib of the German Federal Criminal Investigation
Agency. The guns are loaded by twisting the phone in half. The .22-caliber
rounds fit into the top of the phone under the screen. The lower half,
under the keyboard, holds the firing pins. The bullets fire through the
antenna by
pressing numbers on the keypad. Amsterdam police says they are very
sophisticated machines constructed inside gutted cell phones which do not
light up or operate as real phones. >
Subject: Gun Advisory
The attached was sent to me by one of our members. I tried to find out how
accurate this info was, but no success. However, if the custom officials
check your cell phones, it is likely the below is the reason why.
Thanks to Mr. Bill Vickery, Eglin ISPM, for providing the following
information and video clip:
These were in the news earlier. Now a video clip shows how it works. The
video clip at the bottom will show the cell phone actually firing. Again,
these phones have not hit the US (and hopefully never will), but they are in
use in overseas. So keep that in mind if you are going through customs and
are asked to turn over your cell phone to be checked. Always remember that
you should never joke with Custom Officials and you should do your best to
cooperate.
" Beneath the digital face lies a .22-caliber pistol a phone gun capable of
firing four rounds in quick succession with a touch of the otherwise
standard keypad. European law enforcement officials stunned by the
discovery of these deadly decoys say phone guns are changing the rules of
engagement in Europe.
We find it very, very alarming, says Wolfgang Dicke of the German
Police union. It means police will have to draw their weapons whenever a
person being checked reaches for their mobile phone. Although cell
phone guns have not hit America yet, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, and the U.S. Customs Service say they've been
briefed on the new weapons.
We received word about these guns last month. We have since
alerted our field personnel to be on the lookout for cell phone guns' at
U.S. ports of entry.
Guns on the Move: > These new covert guns were first discovered
in October when Dutch police stumbled on a cache during a drug raid in
Amsterdam. In another recent incident a Croatian gun dealer was caught
attempting to smuggle a shipment through Slovenia into Western Europe.
Police say both shipments are believed to have originated in Yugoslavia.
Interpol sent out a warning to law enforcement agencies around the world.
European border police and customs officers are at a heightened state of
alert at all ports, airports and border crossings.
Realistic Appearance. If you didn' t know they were guns, you wouldn't
suspect anything, said Ari Zandbergen, spokesman for the Amsterdam
police. Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are
heavier, says Birgit Heib of the German Federal Criminal Investigation
Agency. The guns are loaded by twisting the phone in half. The .22-caliber
rounds fit into the top of the phone under the screen. The lower half,
under the keyboard, holds the firing pins. The bullets fire through the
antenna by
pressing numbers on the keypad. Amsterdam police says they are very
sophisticated machines constructed inside gutted cell phones which do not
light up or operate as real phones. >