Posted on 12/31/2009 11:23:02 AM PST by Beaten Valve
A woman called police on Monday and said a man was forcing his way into her apartment in the 5300 block of Elm Street.
When officers went inside, they found something that made them concerned enough to call the bomb squad.
They found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher. It can shoot a missile nearly 1,000 feet through buildings and tanks.
"It gives infantrymen the advantage with an ultra-light weapon that can stop vehicles, armored vehicles as well as main battle tanks and fortifications," said Oscar Saldivar of Top Brass Military and Tactical on the North Freeway.
That type of rocket launcher has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The renter of the apartment didn't want to talk to KPRC Local 2.
"This is my house," the woman said. " Get away from here. I don't want to talk to nobody."
The woman did tell police that the rocket launcher belonged to Nabilaye I. Yansane, someone whom she allowed to store items at her apartment.
Police records show that she didn't want Yansane at her apartment, so she called them.
According to court documents, officers also found Jihadist writings that allegedly belonged to Yansane. The woman didn't want to talk to KPRC Local 2 about that, either.
"I don't know," she said. "You'll have to ask the police."
Yansane was charged with criminal trespassing and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to three days in jail, which he has already served. No charges related to the rocket launcher or writings were filed.
"Other people could have had access to the apartment, so maybe if a rocket launcher was located there, as is stated in the offense report, maybe it belonged to somebody else," attorney Garl Polland said.
Prosecutors said there are no state charges for having the unarmed launcher or possessing Jihadist writings, unless they contain some type of threat.
The former director of Houston's FBI office said rocket launchers can be dangerous if they're in the wrong hands.
"I don't know any other use for those weapons except in combat," Don Clark said. "I've had them in combat, used them in combat. That's what they are used for."
Houston police said they did a thorough investigation and did not find any ties to terrorists or a terrorist network.
This is a non story. The AT4 has one shot, period. This one was empty, which means it is only as deadly as any other length of pipe when used as a club(probably not as effective actually). There are no charges because the person didn’t break the law.
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The cannon for the Revolution were originally privately owned. Same for our first warships (privateers).
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Well, unless you’re white, Christian, male, conservative, or think you should have some say in the amount of taxes you pay. Then you’re a terrorist.
She can discharge my weapon anytime.
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Nothing to see here, the system worked.
They must have just found the LAUNCHER....harmless by itself....not a missile with live warhead. Otherwise he WOULD have been charged with unlicensed explosives possession.
That is one HAWT soldier-babe! Mmmmm!
SOS! Find an empty LAW tube and it will make the news. You can find stuff like this at the local flea market. Want to make the front page news? Go to your nearest major airport, stand by the fence at the end of the runway with a fishing rod carrying tube on your shoulder and see what happens.
For sure. The line in the story is dumb, that doesn’t necessarily mean the person they are supposedly quoting is.
Bottom line, WRT "charges", based on what has been observed. One can only hope further investigating/informing is being done based on the questions naturally raised under the circumstances.
Sadly, I won't be taking any bets on whether or not that is being done.
You can buy a rocket launcher on-line for about $150.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=152262262
You can buy one at gunbroker for about $150:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=152262262
Then show one to a liberal bed-wetter and he'll cr@p his pants.
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You are right, Humble. It seems there are alot of people that don’t understand that once fired, a single shot rocket launcher tube is useless and NOT illegal. Looks scary maybe, but not illegal.
They sell the empty tubes at surplus stores and gun shows for next to nothing. The reason it’s made of plastic is because the parts inside the tube that let you launch the missile out of it are destroyed on launch.
You can’t reload an AT-4 tube after it’s been expended. They’re deliberately designed that way.
For starters, the missile won’t even fit back in the tube.
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