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Air Marshal Leaves Plane After Dropping Bullets Flight To Kansas City Delayed
cbs2chicago ^ | June 1, 2006, 9:06 pm | Staff

Posted on 06/01/2006 9:18:38 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative

(AP) CHICAGO A U.S. air marshal removed himself from a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday after dropping a clip of bullets on the floor just before the plane was to leave Midway International Airport, an airline spokeswoman said.

The marshal arrived at Midway on a flight from Philadelphia and he was boarding the Southwest flight bound for Kansas City when the clip fell to the floor, scattering bullets, Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger told the Chicago Tribune for a story on its Web site.

"Since he was no longer traveling incognito, he decided not to continue on the flight to Kansas City," Eichinger said, adding that no extra screening of passengers was necessary because officials determined the bullets belonged to the air marshal. "He picked the bullets up immediately."

The flight to Kansas City was delayed 45 minutes because of the incident, she said.

The Federal Air Marshal Service declined to confirm the specific circumstances of the mishap. But agency spokesman Dave Adams said an ammunition clip was located and turned over to the Transportation Security Administration.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: airmarshals; banglist; donutwatch; oops; southwestairlines
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To: basil

"How many of you have ever dropped a clip of bullets when you were carrying concealed?"

I wonder if he was carrying the magazines vertically or horizontally?


61 posted on 06/02/2006 9:04:37 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: tiger-one
"Was Carter President when the 9MM Beretta was procured as the official sidearm for the militay?

I was watching an Iraq war program and a GI was telling how he used all three mags of his Beretta to stop the bad guy. Good reason they are going back to the 40 or 45 forgot which.."

Try Reagan, not that the President has/had anything to do with that decision. Also that "GI"s shooting abililty must have really sucked that it took 45 hits to down the Bad Guy.

62 posted on 06/02/2006 9:18:31 AM PDT by Trinity5
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To: telebob
His 'bullets' fell out of his 'clip' when it hit the floor...Oh-Tay!

Probably fell out of the same type of gun that just goes off.
63 posted on 06/02/2006 9:41:04 AM PDT by Kokojmudd (Outsource GM to a Red State! Put Walmart in charge of all Federal agencies!)
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To: RichInOC

LOL!!! Classic! :o)


64 posted on 06/02/2006 9:42:29 AM PDT by LIConFem (It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
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To: pepperdog
What kind of gun has a clip that scatters bullets when dropped?

I bet the bottom plate came out or broke.

65 posted on 06/02/2006 11:00:13 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Watkins, are you a pacifist? No sir, I'm not a pacifist, sir. I'm a coward.)
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To: No Truce With Kings
No Truce With Kings said: "I wonder whether the whole coat and tie thing is something promoted as disinformation. "

Sounds reasonable to me.

Also, one might wonder why the Air Marshall wasn't tackled by the other passengers, driven to the floor, and beaten senseless to prevent a possible hijacking. That's what the Air Marshall would have done to any of us under the same circumstances.

66 posted on 06/02/2006 11:04:42 AM PDT by William Tell (RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
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To: basil
How many of you have ever dropped a clip of bullets when you were carrying concealed?

Guilty as charged! Last winter a few of us were throwing snowballs on a porch while taking a break from moving furniture when I noticed my spare mag of 380s sitting in the middle of the porch. But, thanks to cognitive dissonance, I don't think anyone else noticed.

67 posted on 06/02/2006 11:14:34 AM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Watkins, are you a pacifist? No sir, I'm not a pacifist, sir. I'm a coward.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
"Since he was no longer traveling incognito, he decided not to continue on the flight to Kansas City," Eichinger said.

What's in Kansas City that demands such stealth?

68 posted on 06/02/2006 11:53:12 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: basil
"How many of you have ever dropped a clip of bullets when you were carrying concealed?"

Dropped a magazine, no. I'll fess up, tho, to dropping a pistol. Went to dinner with family, and had to visit the men's room. Had my KelTec P32 with belt clip tucked into my waste-band, and forgot it was there till too late. Fortunately, I was the only one there.

Course, I immediately stepped outside and fired a couple rounds into the air to make sure the P32 still worked ok! Not!

69 posted on 06/02/2006 12:03:33 PM PDT by Don Carlos (Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy. (B. Franklin))
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To: William Tell

"ne might wonder why the Air Marshall wasn't tackled by the other passengers, driven to the floor, and beaten senseless to prevent a possible hijacking."

According to what I heard and read, the Marshalls had clipped a badge on their shirts and and were shouting that they were U S Air Marshalls.

If a disturbance breaks out on an airliner, and someone jumps up with (a) a gun; (b) a badge; and (c) shouting that they are law enforcement officials; I think I would be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, at least until they did something that convinced me that they were not what they say they are.

I don't mind dying taking out a terrorist (I figure if they take over the airplane you are dead anyway), but I would feel like five kinds of idiot if I got myself killed stopping an air marshall. Especially if that allowed the bad guys to win. Maybe the bad guys will try that, but I think I would wait and see.


70 posted on 06/02/2006 1:01:31 PM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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To: tiger-one

Oh yea - forgot about that.


71 posted on 06/02/2006 1:20:32 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: tiger-one

We went to the 9mm a couple years before I retired – the early 80s, so it may well have been Reagan.


72 posted on 06/02/2006 1:26:40 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: 5Madman2

It is a possibility – I’ve just never seen it happen in 20 years of Army time and 20 years of retirement.


73 posted on 06/02/2006 1:28:06 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: tiger-one
Was Carter President when the 9MM Beretta was procured as the official sidearm for the militay?

No, it was Reagan.

74 posted on 06/02/2006 1:29:10 PM PDT by BeHoldAPaleHorse ( ~()):~)>)
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To: Beelzebubba

Even the HKS speed loaders I use for my Taurus .44 hold the rounds secure.


75 posted on 06/02/2006 1:31:38 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Bottom_Gun

I’ve never seen a spring loaded speed loader – only the twist release. Are they still made?


76 posted on 06/02/2006 1:33:06 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: R. Scott

I've seen it

A couple times-once due to my own stupidity. Didn't make sure the base plate was properly engaged on re-assembly.

Loaded it with rounds, and base plate promptly popped off. I can see the possibility of it holding until dropped

I always make sure they're properly seated now. My stupidity happened in my workshop, wouldn't want it too happen publicly


77 posted on 06/02/2006 2:00:19 PM PDT by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: R. Scott

I haven't seen them for a while, the ones I have, though never use were made by Safariland. They stopped making them for the same reason I stopped using them, the problem when being dropped. Mine are religated to the bottom of the "Toy Box" somewhere *L*


78 posted on 06/02/2006 3:02:23 PM PDT by Bottom_Gun (Crush depth dummy - proud NRA member & Certified Instructor)
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To: Paleo Conservative

give me back my bullets!


79 posted on 06/02/2006 3:04:12 PM PDT by dennisw (We should return to calling them Muhammadans -- Worshippers of Muhammad and maybe Allah)
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To: Don Carlos

LOL! Did you like that little Kel-Tech? I had one of those, but finally sold it and bought a little Beretta 32--the Kel Tech had a tendency to jam on me.


80 posted on 06/02/2006 8:11:40 PM PDT by basil (Exercise your Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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