[Beaten Valve]

"Prosecutors said there are no state charges for having the unarmed launcher..."

Looks like just about everybody is exempt from prosecution now...

[kittymyrib]

Gov. Perry should send the National Guard into Houston and have them start searching Muslim houses and mosques. I’ll bet we would be stuned!

[ladyjane]

Houston Rockets.

Makes sense.

[Responsibility2nd]

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.

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Question. Just how did this guy smuggle a rocket launcher through airport security? Must have some awful big shorts.

[wardaddy]

Rocket Launcher Found In Houston Apartment

Eureka!

I was wondering what I did with that damned thing....now to just find where I put Fat Boy XVIII

/s

[TLI]

Prosecutors said there are no state charges for having the unarmed launcher

So, being "unarmed" is is probly just a spent tube. In other words it is a fancy hunk of pipe?

Because an actual live launcher would have BATFE(ces) on it like flies on "honey."

[BobL]

So it does look like people here in Texas are starting to gear-up...

[mylife]

It can shoot a missile nearly 1,000 feet through buildings and tanks.

Really?.....

[Fido969]

This is BS. A rocket launcher is only good for hitting someone over the head.

It’s only dangerous if there is A ROCKET IN IT.

From what I can gather I think this was just an empty tube. Bunch of bed-wetters.

[bergmeid]

Oh come on, doesn’t everybody have a few of those laying around? /s

[dynachrome]

My guess is he was looking for methods to re-arm the launcher. No doubt his amish buddies have a rocket or two laying around.

[Dallas59]

Nabilaye I. Yansane...Methodist of course.

[Integrityrocks]

Ok, I’ve read all the post on this and I guess I’ll just step out there ready for flaming. I personally believe under our constitution that any one of us should be able to have weapons for self defense.

I suppose that gets into a very slippery slope when we could be talking about Tanks and bombs so I admit there must be some reasonable discussion, but when our own government may turn against us, a shoulder rocket IMHO could be considered a firearm and protected.

So, while this tube was nothing more without rockets to go with it, I am not sure I’d be opposed to the right to bear arms covering this contraption.

That doesn’t mean that I think anyone with jihadist ties shouldn’t be profiled and handled accordingly. I am all for profiling, but let’s be careful to not suggest that any American with a personal shoulder rocket is a threat.

Aren’t possession of hand grinades legal? Maybe not.

[B-Chan]

the rocket launcher belonged to Nabilaye I. Yansane

Gosh, what a surprise...

[Lazamataz]

unarmed launcher

Useful!

For making a lamp.

[GeronL]

Someone found one of them in the woods a little while back didn’t they?

[ExGeeEye]

unarmed launcher

I saw one of those in an antique shop in Saginaw, Michigan less than a year ago. It's a dadgum fiberglass tube with a couple of springs and a peep sight. Guess I should have alerted the feds.

[lacrew]

“The former director of Houston’s FBI office said rocket launchers can be dangerous if they’re in the wrong hands”

Paging Mr. Obvious....

[TV Dinners]

The Right to Bear Arms goes along way in Texas :)

[Allegra]

If you still lived at The Manor, I’d be looking carefully at the address of this discovery. :)

[rdl6989]

According to court documents, officers also found Jihadist writings that allegedly belonged to Yansane.

I'm shocked at this startling revelation.