Bullet Found at Florida Airport

Yahoo News ^ | Dec 24, 2001

[Straight Vermonter]

DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A bullet found outside a gate at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport prompted authorities to evacuate a busy concourse Monday, delaying flights up to three hours.

A passenger discovered the small-caliber bullet at about 7:40 a.m. outside the gate leading to Spirit Airlines Flight 604 to New York's LaGuardia Airport, FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.

The passenger alerted sheriff's deputies who were providing security at the airport. Deputies evacuated the concourse and searched for weapons using dogs but found nothing, Orihuela said. No arrests were made.

Police searched the bags of passengers on Flight 604, and two planes loaded with passengers awaiting takeoff were ordered back to the terminal.

Airport spokesman Jim Reynolds said the concourse reopened after about two hours, but some flights were running about three hours late.

``This will have a ripple effect throughout the day,'' Reynolds said. ``Fortunately, this is not the most heavily traveled day of the holidays. These are last-minute travelers.''

[mountaineer]

Hey, let's not laugh too hard. A thrown bullet, properly aimed, could really hurt. It might even put out an eye. Just think what would happen if someone with a really good arm, like Roger Clemens, threw a bullet at you! Wow.

[Thumper1960]

Shut down a concourse for a bullet?!? Jeeze, think what they would have done if the found a whole cartridge.

Exactly!!! You seem to be the first to have posted that point. It goes to show how galatically stupid the press is and why they couldn't find their @$$ with both hands.

[Enlightiator]

What a bunch of wussies - amazingly stupid. This country is beginning to deserve its coming dictatorship.

We have become Over-reaction Nation - it happened long before September 11th. Can anyone remember when we let the pussies start running things? Its like that third grade snitch girl ("I'm tellin' the teacher"), the one who turned you in for just sneezing or farting, is in charge now.

I have a suggestion. Lets throw all the politicians, librarians, and school officials out of their offices/positions and start over with REAL MEN AND REAL WOMEN.

[AKbear]

Yep. I live in Alaska. My folks live in Arkansas (ok, no jokes, they didn't vote for anyone named clinton). In November I drove down to move my son to Memphis, spent some time at my folks, and flew back.

Try flying on a one way ticket. You are automatically called out for extra frisking and search at the gate.

I will not be flying again until some sort of common sense (I know, it's not so common) is being used.

[Overtaxed]

Sounds like Barney's got a whole in his pocket.

[Thumper1960]

It might come to the point where you'll be led to your seat, be given a bladder bag and cuffed/shackled into your seat until the flight is completed. Your bags flown separately to your destination in a drone aircraft, controlled by a "pilot" on your flight. They could even strip you down to skivvies, give you a "sedative", take your shoes and give you booties. I don't put anything past the idiots who claim to be "experts in counter-terrorism".

Just my two-cents.

[Straight Vermonter]

I have a suggestion. Lets throw all the politicians, librarians, and school officials out of their offices/positions and start over with REAL MEN AND REAL WOMEN.

You forgot the real problem here, the lawyers! Hey, one of the 9-11 victims' survivors is suing one of the airlines after all.

[davidosborne]

Plesae tell me there is more to this story than a "single bullet theory" otherwise I may not be able to stop screaming "GET A GRIP" and "Quit being so STUPID"...

Great Post!!.. Bumping for comments...

SSG David C. Osborne
4th Plt, 372nd MP CO
Eagle Base, Bosnia
APO AE 09789

Please send me a post card...

[davidosborne]

point well made.... We the PEOPLE must take back control of Government...

As I have stated in other posts.. we really need to PULL the GOP back to the RIGHT and push the DNC off the cliff over which they are dangling our CONSTITUTION..

David

[davidosborne]

Sounds like Barney's got a whole in his pocket.

Good thing it wasn't MY pocket otherwise we would have had to shut down the Entire Nation

AIRBORNE !!

David

[dighton]

You know, a small team of America-haters could bring the entire air transportation system in the country to a grinding halt simply by dropping a few bullets out of holes in their pockets as they walk through the concourses of airports across the nation.

More work than necessary. They can simply phone in bullet threats.

[AKbear]

In the darkest reaches of my imagination, I can see the day when, in order to get on an airplane, you will have to strip down, get searched, put on an orange jumpsuit and hospital slippers, and check all your baggage.

Insanity!

[davidosborne]

wow.. I can hear the calls comming in now.. "shut down or I shall drop a bullet on the ground near the airport"

Very Scarry Thought..

David

[AStack75]

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[Chad Fairbanks]

Apparently, it now turns out that what they found was actually a team member of the Washington Bullets... a pro-athlete... THAT explains why they did such a thorough search for weapons... ;0)

[OKSooner]

Gee. Just think how they might have reacted if they had found a CARTRIDGE instead of just a little ol' BULLET... That would have REALLY freaked 'em out.

[monkeyshine]

Maybe it was a Dirty Bullet! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH Call FEMA!

[gwmoore]

Thanks for the ping, David,,,

This is asinine...I wonder if the idjit journalist writing this knows the difference between a bullet and a round of ammunition.

My questions. Was it just a "bullet", was it fired (had rifling grooves engraved on it) was it just an unfired bullet that someone had in their pocket, or an unfired round of ammunition....Now, since they have the National Guard at airports now, could it have been a round of 5.56mm SS109 green tip that one of them dropped? Or a .22LR that someone found, or had in their pockets...

I happen to have a "Magic Bullet" keychain, with a "pristine" 6.5mm RN with rifling marks engraved, attached to the keychain. It's an Arlen Specter spoof..but can you imagine what would happen if I accidentally took that darn keychain through security???? ROTFLMAO.

Will get some postcards off to you during this Christmas season...

Thanks for Keeping the Faith for Freedom

MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC

Greg

[RedBloodedAmerican]

What's worse is now the police in Palm Beach are unarmed.

[davidosborne]

Thank you for your kind words.. I look forward to hearing from you via snail mail..

FReegards,

David