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Bullet found in doorway!!
Guardian Series UK (East London-Essex) ^ | 11/9/06 | David Williams

Posted on 11/14/2006 1:14:26 PM PST by kiriath_jearim

LIVE ammunition has been found lying in the doorway of a busy high street shop.

The .22 calibre short round bullet was found at the entrance of the 99p Stores in Walthamstow High Street on Wednesday morning, November 1.

[LETHAL: The .22 calibre bullet found in Walthamstow High Street on a market day morning (D6W1001)]

Haroon Khan, who has a firearms licence and is a member of a local gun club, was alarmed to discover live ammunition in a Walthamstow doorway.

The bullet, of Swiss origin, was still in its brass casing, complete with enough gunpowder for it to fire itself.

continued... Mr Khan said that if it had been struck hard enough or exposed to heat it could have gone off.

"This sort of thing should not be lying around. It was live, primed and active," he said. "But rather me pick it up than a little kid.

"How can you feel safe when you are finding things like this on the street?

"To get hold of one of these is not easy. You have to go through a scrutinised search, you need a licence and you have to belong to a club."

Ammunition of this kind would ordinarily be used in a small handgun or pistol, and both can be owned legally under licence.

But to leave strictly controlled goods out in the street would be enough for a firearms licence to be revoked.

The bullet has been examined at a Metropolitan Police laboratory and details about it kept for future reference.

A police spokesman said: "Recovering firearms and ammunition is a priority for the police. We take the same view of ammunition as we do of a gun.

"If it goes bang, it is still lethal."

Police are treating the unattended ammunition as a crime. Mr Khan alerted them at 10.16am, and they arrived at his shop to pick up the bullet at 11.32am.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banglist; khan; pansies; rkba
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1 posted on 11/14/2006 1:14:33 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim

Hold the presses!


2 posted on 11/14/2006 1:15:27 PM PST by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Horrors upon horrors!!!!!


3 posted on 11/14/2006 1:15:37 PM PST by XR7
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To: kiriath_jearim

Wow, they'd be upset by what rattles around my floorboard.


4 posted on 11/14/2006 1:15:47 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: kiriath_jearim

The horror!


5 posted on 11/14/2006 1:15:47 PM PST by scan59 (No matter where you go, there you are.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

"The bullet, of Swiss origin, was still in its brass casing, complete with enough gunpowder for it to fire itself."

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Oh no!! Not THAT kind of bullet!!! /sarc


6 posted on 11/14/2006 1:15:49 PM PST by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim

Oh, the humanity!


7 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:12 PM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Horrors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


8 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:16 PM PST by vetsvette (Bring Him Back)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Must be some type of terrorist attack.


9 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:17 PM PST by ansel12 (America, love it ,or at least give up your home citizenship before accepting ours too.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Gee that picture sure is a big .22, think they can blow it up even larger? :-)


10 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:28 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Welcome Home, son! You and your comrades are our heroes!))
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To: kiriath_jearim

complete with enough gunpowder for it to fire itself!..........


11 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:30 PM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Must be one of those "smart" bullets.


12 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:53 PM PST by MarkeyD (The tree of liberty must from time to time be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Must have fallen out of Barney Fife's pocket.


13 posted on 11/14/2006 1:16:56 PM PST by vamoose
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To: kiriath_jearim

Thank goodness it wasn't a knife found in the doorway! I hear those things jump out of drawers and stab ya to death with little or no provocation!

(What morons.)


14 posted on 11/14/2006 1:17:09 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: kiriath_jearim

I'm picturing them standing around it poking it with a stick, like if cavemen came across a toaster.


15 posted on 11/14/2006 1:17:54 PM PST by L98Fiero (Terrorists, Communists and Liberals. All happy with a Democrat Congress)
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The bullet, of Swiss origin

Ok Switzerland, you asked for it, it's ON!

16 posted on 11/14/2006 1:17:58 PM PST by agere_contra
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To: kiriath_jearim

I'm headed for the fallout shelter. Ping me when it's all over! /sarcasm set to 11


17 posted on 11/14/2006 1:18:11 PM PST by Bacon Man
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To: kiriath_jearim

Next week:

Sharp stick found in garden.


18 posted on 11/14/2006 1:18:21 PM PST by be4everfree (Liberals are "Thick as a Brick" ......JT)
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To: kiriath_jearim

And this is the mighty Empire upon which the sun never sat! How terribly sad.


19 posted on 11/14/2006 1:18:37 PM PST by pepperdog (I hate the lying MSM)
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To: ansel12

If this scares them then what I have in my garage will give them heart seizures!!!!


20 posted on 11/14/2006 1:18:40 PM PST by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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