Of course, journ-0-lists refer to anything more dangerous than a pop-gun an "assault rifle" so you never know...
Posted on 04/20/2012 12:35:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog
KINGWOOD - Residents at a Forest Cove town home community had quite a scare Thursday morning when they found a military rocket launcher-type weapon lying on top of some boxes laid out for trash pickup.
“I was pretty sure it was real when the garbage people wouldn’t pick it up and said they weren’t messing with it,” said neighbor James Earl.
Agents with the Houston division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms responded to the 900 block of Marina Dr. around 11 a.m. April 19 and confirmed that the fear-inspiring object was indeed a military guided missile device. Agents quickly determined, however, that the weapon no longer contained any explosive agents and all that remained was the hull.
“It must have been in storage for a very long time,” Sr. Special Agent Arthur Gonzalez said at the scene. “It was very dirty and had all kinds of cobwebs inside. I cleaned it out and even found a bunch of black widow spider eggs inside the tube.”
Gonzalez said it is not illegal to own a spent rocket launcher.
(Excerpt) Read more at yourhoustonnews.com ...
It wouldn’t be out in the trash if it hadn’t already been used. And it was probably on top to keep the lighter items from blowing away.
Prolly one of those use-once rocket launch tubes you see at gun shows. Pretty scary looking, pistol grip, sights, warning labels.
Also harmless. Evacuate the neighborhood!
“Honey, where’s my rocket launcher?”
Damn.....shooting black widow spider eggs at people.....that’s just ruthless.
How come my neighbors never leave ny thing good like that in the trash.
Does Bruce Cockburn live in that neighborhood?
Probably an M72 LAW, just the shell, used as a training device in the military, and harmless.
LAW...Light Anti-Tank Weapon
Thanks, Bruce...
If one of these I don't think is a guided missile launcher.
Lyrics:
Here comes the helicopter — second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they’ve murdered only God can say
If I had a rocket launcher...I’d make somebody pay
I don’t believe in guarded borders and I don’t believe in hate
I don’t believe in generals or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
“If I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliate
On the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation — or some less humane fate
Cry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitate
I want to raise every voice — at least I’ve got to try
Every time I think about it water rises to my eyes.
Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cry
If I had a rocket launcher...Some son of a bitch would die “
Excellent!
I don’t know who lives in the neighborhood, but if they are armed like that I bet they have a dammed good neighborhood watch!
Nah, it was just that all recyclables have to be in the correct bin.
It looks more like a Stinger. There are photos at the link.
“All that remained was the hull” - well, let’s put an outboard Merc on it and go water skiing!
Can someone identify?
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