OT: Check out this email that I got about cell phone guns. I could not post the video, but it actually shot 4 bullets out of one cell phone.
> > Just picked this up. You may already be aware of these weapons,
>>but I thought I would pass it along anyway. Read this and then watch
>>the video clip.
>>
>> If you get asked to test your cell phone at the airport, this is
>>the reason. 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.
AI
