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[bredda]

Can you here me now? Good...

French police seize mobile phone guns
Friday, February 7, 2003 Posted: 3:02 PM EST (2002 GMT)


http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/02/07/france.guns.reut/index.html

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ROUEN, France (Reuters) -- French police said Friday they had seized two lethal mobile phones capable of shooting four bullets, with the digital touchpads used as triggers.

The black phones, identical to normal mobile phones on the outside, were discovered in a raid on a suspected criminal's home Tuesday in the northern city of Rouen.

The deadly phones come apart in the middle to reveal a four-chamber compartment for .22 caliber bullets, which can be shot out of a protruding fake antenna.

"These would be lethal at 10 meters," said Michel Lavaud, head of a local police brigade.

Police seized the telephones along with 1,000 ecstasy pills, heroin, cannabis and $25,000 in cash at the home of a man suspected of armed robberies and drug trafficking.

Lavaud said police thought the weapons were of a kind believed to be made in Eastern Europe and to have appeared in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2001

 

[Nathaniel Firethorn]

See also:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/phone001205.html

Anyone have a clue how the action might work?

- pdmoderator

 

[Schuey2002]

It looks like it would work much like a spring loaded .22Lr. pen gun..

 

[Diesle]

COOL!!! Where do I get one?


Diesle

 

[Chaz]

Talk about shooting off your mouth. The best part is after you call 911 you can still defend yourself!

 

[Airwolf]

Good Grief! Birdman comes true!

http://birdman.org/products/shotcall.htm

 

[cuchulainn]

Anyone have a clue how the action might work?

videoclip at http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/video/cellgun.mpg

 

[Standing Wolf]

I'm still holding out for a web-enabled tooth brush, but I could be tempted. I really could, I tell you.

 

[Coronach]

LEOs have been getting Caliber Press warnings about these for, well, years now.

Mike

 

[Justin]

Maybe they should start selling these in England as a way to deter cellphone theft.

 

[Kahr carrier]

Cool I want one.

 

[Keith]

I want something bigger like a laptop computer in a "mans caliber".

Keith

 

[blades67]

Well, if the little cell phones are .22lr, watch the guy carrying around one of those old brick cell phones.

 

[seeker_two]

And we were worried about getting CANCER from those things...

 

[Dave P]

Gives a new meaning to someone "talking your ear off"!

 

[redneck]

They had them things on some TV show the other day. Can't remember which one, it was about a couple hot shot undercover cops. They was chasin down an illegal arms dealer, and in the last meet before they busted him he showed them the phones. They were razzin the guy about wanting weapons not free long distance when he turned and pointed the phone a concrete footer for a steel beam. It exploded, talkin completely pulverized. Then he says "your choice .357 or 9mm"
Aint TV grand?