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Agents Discover Illegal shipment of Brass Knuckles
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Posted on 04/11/2006 10:53:37 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
Agents Discover Illegal Shipment Of Brass Knuckles
POSTED: 10:25 pm EDT April 10, 2006 UPDATED: 12:39 pm EDT April 11, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Police have not yet issued any charges in connection with the discovery of thousands of illegal weapons meant for distribution in Central Florida.
Customs agents alerted Orlando police when they intercepted a shipping container at Orlando International Airport. Inside, they found more than 14,000 brass knuckles. The weapons were hidden in boxes labeled "belt buckles."
Authorities said a closer look revealed a little nub that might be used to adjust the size of a belt, but it's easily removed.
"You can call them belt buckles all day long," an undercover agent told Channel 9 Eyewitness News. "See, my firearm has a clip, so it could be a money clip, but this is really a firearm."
Authorities believed two local businesses imported the weapons from China and Pakistan and intended to sell them at local flea markets and second-hand stores.
They said a total of 9,480 packages were heading to Y & Y Imports of Sanford, and another 4,666 were imported by Spico Incorporated, an Orlando distributor.
Florida law prohibits the sales or ownership of brass knuckles.
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: beltbuckles; brassknuckles; china; customsagents; florida; illegal; oia; orlando; pakistan; sanford; spicoincorporated; yyimports
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Just heard this on the news last night.
To: sheikdetailfeather
Heavens to Mergatroid! Call the ATF! Call Homeland Security!
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posted on
04/11/2006 10:55:31 AM PDT
by
inquest
(If you favor any legal status for illegal aliens, then do not claim to be in favor of secure borders)
To: sheikdetailfeather
Police have not yet issued any charges in connection with the discovery of thousands of illegal weapons meant for distribution in Central Florida. There are 14,000 BATF agents in Central Florida?
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posted on
04/11/2006 10:55:46 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: sheikdetailfeather
"BRASS KNUCKLES AND I'M ALL DONE"
To: sheikdetailfeather
I've never really understood brass knuckles being illegal...
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posted on
04/11/2006 10:56:11 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.)
To: inquest
Next thing you know kids will be drawing PICTURES of brass knuckles in school!
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posted on
04/11/2006 10:56:45 AM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: sheikdetailfeather
"See, my firearm has a clip".....
I'll bet it doesn't.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:01:50 AM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Carry Daily, Apply Sparingly.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
Man I just looked over a my 3 Ball morning star and thought if I was in Florida I might get a life sentence.
I remember in the post MLK riots the afro pics were not allowed on school campuses.
To: sheikdetailfeather
I wonder if they were really Brass though.
To: sheikdetailfeather
What's this country coming to? Next thing you know we are going to catch people with blackjacks and sally rods!
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:03:30 AM PDT
by
Gator101
To: sheikdetailfeather
I've got a pair that my grandfather brought back from the trenches in WWI. They're made of steel though.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:04:27 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: traviskicks
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:08:07 AM PDT
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Wha? Didn't you know that those agents carry Garands?
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:08:45 AM PDT
by
Gefreiter
("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
To: sheikdetailfeather
If they were balls we could send some to congress.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:09:53 AM PDT
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
I know a guy who makes guitars for a hobby.
He uses brass knuckles as a tailpiece- very cool effect.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:12:31 AM PDT
by
Gefreiter
("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
To: AD from SpringBay
"If they were balls we could send some to congress."
Why... they'd just lose them? Just like the set they were originally issued.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:13:09 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
Brass knuckles are not illegal in states that trust law abiding citizens.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:18:19 AM PDT
by
PeterFinn
(Anita Bryant was right!)
To: inquest
"Authorities said a closer look revealed a little nub that might be used to adjust the size of a belt..." or maybe it the select switch. Full Auto Assault Knuckles flooding our streets, surely the end of the republic is near...
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:21:01 AM PDT
by
gnarledmaw
(I traded freedom for security and all I got were these damned shackles.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:22:24 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.)
To: sheikdetailfeather
When brass knuckles are outlawed, only outlaws will have brass knuckles.
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posted on
04/11/2006 11:53:12 AM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
(My book is out. Read excerpts at www.thejusticecooperative.com)
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