Cell Phone Guns Recovered

cbs5 ^ | May 19, 2006 | (CBS) NEW YORK

[LuxMaker]

(CBS) NEW YORK Police have issued an internal memo warning officers to be on the lookout for a gun designed to look like a cell phone. The weapon has four .22 caliber bullets in it. They are fired from holes in the top.

[LuxMaker]

An internal memo issued by the New York Police Department gives warning for officers to look for a .22 caliber gun disguised as a cell phone because a few caches of these weapons have been found overseas.

This gun, which authorities believed is made in Europe, can be activated by pressing the buttons "5," "6," "7" or "8". A schematic diagram and photographs are helping police identify these relatively new weapons which are heavier than other phones.

Federal authorities have known of these tricky weapons for seven years but none have yet been found in the United States. Joseph Green of ATFE reminds authorities to look for weapons disguised as cell phones, beepers, or pens.

Time will tell, but this seems terrorist related to me.

[sgtbono2002]

Great way to commit suicide. hold it up to your ear and press 5.

[theDentist]

Shoot (pun intended). There's been a video of this gun making the rounds on the net for 18 months or so... It was only a matter of time before they landed here.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

At least no one will be shouting into them in public places.

[em2vn]

This information has been reported on several times for at least a year.
It must be a slow news day in NYC.

[thackney]

[Red Badger]

867-5309.....oops!.......

[litehaus]

for 18 months or so.....Takes NYC a while to catch up to the REAL world fella...Go EZ on'em.....

[magslinger]

Can you hear me NOW?

[LuxMaker]

Can you hear me, pow!
Good.

[ctdonath2]

GROAN.

They have NOT been recovered here. Some were found in a few caches overseas, but the article (like others) indicates none have been "recovered" (found) in the USA yet.

As for "terrorism", please everybody stop applying that label to anything that could conceiveably be used by bad people for harmful purposes. Such disguised items have been around dang near forever, including ones that looked like cell phones before 9/11.

[Constitution Day]

ROFL!

[verbal voter]

Seems like a reasonable way to go in "carry states". Let Criminals beware.

[KarlInOhio]

You had my hopes up. I thought this was going to be a gun with a cell phone built in, so I don't have to bring both with me separatly.

[Joe 6-pack]

I hope they come with a hands free option that lets you shoot safely while driving....

[KarlInOhio]

separatly->separately

[Cobra64]

Time will tell, but this seems terrorist related to me.

LOL

Verizon's new model:

[magslinger]

"My house is being invaded at 123 FReeper Lane. Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang. Shots fired."

Sounds like a good idea to me.

[doctor noe]

Didn't Mitch Leary invent the prototype for this nifty little gadget back in the early '90s?

[massgopguy]

They moved your phone to your shoe.