Posted on 05/26/2006 2:07:24 PM PDT by John Jorsett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mammoth U.S. House of Representatives office building reopened on Friday after a floor-by-floor search by police indicated sounds thought to be gunshots were probably noises made by construction workers, the U.S. Capitol Police reported.
The Rayburn building was sealed because of the reported sound of gunfire in its garage. Almost five hours later, U.S. Capitol police said they had reopened it after finding no sign of criminal activity.
A police spokeswoman told reporters it appeared the sounds were made not by gunfire, but by construction workers in the garage of the Rayburn building.
"The explanation is that there were some workers who were working in the area of the Rayburn garage, in the elevator area. And doing their routine duties, they made some sort of a noise that sounded like shots fired," said spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider.
Schneider added, "We've returned to normal business."
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Glad that there was nothing to worry about.
So much hyperventilation today by the news people over nothing.
A lot of people went home rather than waiting around for the reopening. I strongly suspect somebody wanting an early start on a long weekend told Smitty with the nailgun to make it extra-loud. (Ok, not really.)
Every time someone even cuts a fart, something is shut down. But we don't bother enforcing laws.
Yeah- but we had one of the MOST hilarious and fun threads we've had in ages on FR!
They obviously weren't looking real hard.
"We've returned to normal business." .........thar's yer problem
Note that the rulers don't rely on virtual walls and virtual protection.
Several nights ago there was a report from the small Texas town in which that pedophile scumbag Jeffs is holed up. A reporter asked residents what they thought about Jeffs. One picked his pistol off his truck dashboard and said, "He needs to be shot with one of these." It seems unlikely that if shots were thought to have been heard in the Texas statehouse, the state legislators would have crapped their pants and fainted.
THE SKY IS FALLING THE CONGRESS IS RETURNING TO BUSINESS AS USUAL!
"Every time someone even cuts a fart, something is shut down. But we don't bother enforcing laws."
LOL, too funny and oh so true.:)
This is just one more sign that we are running out of real men in this country. There was a time when hunters, and veterans, could be found in all walks of life, but these days, the ruling classes look with disdain on those relics of the past. After all, what did they (the builders of this nation) ever do for us?
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