[LETHAL: The .22 calibre bullet found in Walthamstow High Street on a market day morning (D6W1001)] 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.
Full marks! Now that particular panic attack was in America - proving (if we needed it proven) that it's the lefty media - on either side of the Atlantic - that is terrified and baffled by guns. 45mm pistol, LOL.
Compare:
Plan 9: "One thing's sure. Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered. And someone's responsible!"
Bullet Found in Doorway: "If it goes bang, it is still lethal."
Thanks for the reminder. I am off to order 1000 rounds of 9mm and several hundred rounds of .45
Opening scene for Prime Suspect Eight?
Personally, I could give a fig about the bullet, but I'm glad you posted this article Kiriath Jearim.
The question that interests me is this:
Who dropped that bullet?
The bullet, of Swiss origin,
It's the kind of article one would expect to see in the New York Times.
Hey don't make fun of .22. The will leave on hell of a nasty mark on your skin.
Why, once I fired six into a squirell and it almost killed it.
At least we know that it has been accounted for, so there can be no fear of UN sanctions or a UN resolution against self firing plinkers...no wait, I'm confused.
Better get Hans Blix on the job to find all the rogue .22 short cartridges hidden on shop floors before we rush into a quagmire.
I wish I had all of the bullets that have fallen from my truck when I opened the door back. This article is an absurd overreaction.
LOL!!!
But if a terrorist were found in the doorway, they wouldn't mention the person's origin. That wouldn't be PC.
Its the talking points of anti-gunners.
They are convinced that guns and bullets kill people all by themselves.
That's gay this even got a writeup.
Call the BOMB SQUAD!
My brother, who wasn't even a shooter, had one, well a long rifle, rattling around in the squirrel cage blower of his '65 or '66 Mustang for months. It never went off, not even with the heater running full blast.
This sounds like a job for
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