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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cellgun.htm

"Beneath the digital face lies a .22-caliber pistol a phone gun capable of  firing four rounds in quick succession with a touch of the otherwise  standard keypad. European law enforcement officials stunned by the  discovery of these deadly decoys say phone guns are changing the rules of  engagement in Europe. It means police will have to draw their weapons  whenever a person being checked reaches for their mobile phone. Although  cell phone guns have not hit America yet, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol,  Tobacco and Firearms, and the U.S. Customs Service say they've been  briefed  on the new weapons.  Realistic Appearance. "If you didn't know they were guns, you wouldn't  suspect anything," said Ari Zandbergen, spokesman for the Amsterdam  police.  "Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are  heavier,"  says Birgit Heib of the German Federal Criminal Investigation Agency.  "The  guns are loaded by twisting the phone in half. The .22-caliber rounds fit  into the top of the phone under the screen. The lower half, under the  keyboard, holds the firing pins. The bullets fire through the antenna by  pressing numbers on the keypad. Amsterdam police says they are very  sophisticated machines constructed inside gutted cell phones which do not  light up or operate as real phones. These are very difficult to make. We  believe experts are involved. "  The video clip shows the cell phone actually firing. Again, these phones  have not hit the US, but they are in use in overseas. Keep that in mind  if  you are going through customs and are asked to turn over your cell phone  to  be checked. Never joke with Customs Officials.

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ORIGINAL: lickenforyou

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

"I don't know what she said before she turned the camera on."

That also crossed my mind. How did they even know she was there and had a camera ? She was probably stupid.

But then that excuses nothing. They can take video of you anywhere in public, but you can't take video of them ? Just fucking wait until someone tells me I have some terminal disease. Maybe even before that.

T^T

Part of the conversation on the tape was the cop asking her to repeat what she had said before she started taping. She didn't repeat it she just asked what she had said that offended him. So, that is a bit different than her just standing there taping. Which I was expecting to see. Believe me I know and have experienced police misconduct but I'm not sure that this is.

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ORIGINAL: lickenforyou

I expected to see cops acting totally out of line, but I don't see this as so cut and dry. I don't know what she said before she turned the camera on. The fact that she said anything at all is suspect to me. It's dark out and seemingly safe situations can turn ugly. Would they have asked her to go inside if she hadn't said whatever she said? We'll never know.

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

They put an innocent person in jail.

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