The Cell Gun

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Read this and then watch the video clip.

If you get asked to test your cell phone at the airport, the reason is
because cell phone guns have been discovered. The attached video clip
shows how cell phone guns operate. These phones are not in the U.S. yet,
but ! they are in use overseas. Beneath the digital phone face is a .22
caliber handgun capable of firing four rounds in rapid succession using
the standard telephone keypad.

European law enforcement officials are stunned by the discovery of these
deadly decoys. They say phone guns are changing the rules of engagement
in Europe. "We find it very alarming," says Wolfgang Dicke of the German
Police Union. "It means police will have to draw their weapons whenever
a person being checked reaches for their cell phone."

Although cell phone guns have ! not reached the U.S. yet, the FBI, Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Customs Service say they
have been briefed on the new weapons. All U.S. ports of entry have been
alerted. These covert weapons were first discovered in October of 2000
when Dutch police came upon a cache during a drug raid in Amsterdam.

In another recent incident, a Croatian gun dealer was caught attempting
to smuggle a shipment through Slovenia into Western Europe. Police say
both shipments are believed to have originated in Yugoslavia! Interpol
sent a warning to law enforcement agencies around the world. "If you
didn't know they were guns, you would think they were cell phones," said
Ari Zandbergen, a spokesperson for the Amsterdam police. "Only when you
have one in your hand do you realize that they are heavier than a
regular cell phone."

Be patient if security asks to look at your cell phone or turn it on to
show that it works. They have a good reason!(See attached file:
cell-gun.mpg)




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