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.
This is series. Someone call EOD, PRONTO!!
The article appears to be incomplete. How many people were killed by this bullet before Mr. Khan found it?
Suspect Slingshot found nearby.
"Could have put out an eye" comments a neighbor.
Film at 11.
Yep. And it's capable of giving a good poke from a sharp edge...but you're right, it's the part that would pick up velocity.
Bullets and tigers and bears, oh my!
. . . they'd have a collective stroke out if they looked in the bottom of my tote bag. Here, ya buncha Limey sissies, hold THIS:
Guy Fawkes really traumatized them...
They would have a freakin' major cardiac episode if they peeked around my residence.
Ammo? Lots.
Calibers? Several.
Things to put them in to make them go BANG? Lots.
Better me than a little English kid. :~}
"Is this satire?"
No, this is for real.
Ive got two or three 9mms in my explorers ashtray right now..
Dont worry...its a smoke free truck..
Coincidently, the Mythbusters episode regarding the good 'ol boys in Arkansas that (supposedly) used a .22 as a fuse in a pickup truck was on TV last night. The wiring burnt before the round went off. They had to use a heavier gauge wire to make it go off. Even then, the shell casing did more damage, (embedding itself in a rubber floor mat), than the bullet, which pierced the clothes of the dummy, Buster, but would not have broken the skin.
Wow, it's a good thing that this highly knowledgeable (just kidding) British gun owner found that 22 round before it decided to go on a wild rampage and kill hundreds of people.
Maybe the Brits should ban automobiles, too. You never know when one might crank itself up and run over innocent citizens. (or are they subjects ?)
“I have a coworker who hand loads, has no less the 500 rounds on had for every gun he has and he has over 60 guns.”
your friend probably has greater stock pile of weapons and ammo than the entire police force of GB.
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