Oops!! Machine Gun(HK) Sent to Grandma in Postal mixup

[ZRX61]

Why doesn't this ever happen to me?

A grandmother in Britain has told of her terror at opening a parcel she had been expecting - only to find she had been sent a police machine gun. Catherine Roots had been expecting a horse harness to be delivered to her home in Winfrith, Dorset. But she got a nasty shock when she saw a black Heckler and Koch weapon staring back at her. The package was delivered by mistake and should have been sent to firearms officers at a nearby police headquarters. Police later explained a gun supply company made a mistake with the postal code when they sent it to Dorset Police HQ in Winfrith near Dorchester. Instead of sending it to DT2 8DZ, a clerk wrote down Root's postcode, which differs only by a single letter. "I was absolutely and totally shocked, and petrified," Roots, who is in her 50s, said. "If it had got into the wrong hands the consequences wouldn't bear thinking about." Roots was later told the weapon was in fact a realistic-looking training gun that fires infra-red beams. Assistant chief constable Adrian Whiting, of Dorset Police, said: "Because this item isn't actually a firearm it is lawful for the company, the suppliers, to use a courier as they did."

 

[ravonaf]

Terrified at an inanimate object. The gun as shipped is perfectly harmless yet society has her brainwashed to be scared to death when she see's a gun.

 

[hso]

Tile setter,

Remember the this occurred in the UK. While we're separated by a vast ocean, the differences in our "shared" language are a broader gulf. The differences in culture, especially these days, may be an even greater divide. So, no, it has little to do with the sex of the individual and much more do to with the language and culture.

 

[Zundfolge]

Hell, if I lived in the UK and I opened a box that contained an MP5 I too would be "petrified" ... deathly afraid that a police armed tactical team was about to kick in my door and kill me for possession of such an "evil device".

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Roots was later told the weapon was in fact a realistic-looking training gun that fires infra-red beams.

I was hoping for a better ending.

 

[ZRX61]

She has more to worry about than just the HK where she lives, Winfrith is where the UK built its nuclear weapons..

 

[NG VI]

Roots was later told the weapon was in fact a realistic-looking training gun that fires infra-red beams. Assistant chief constable Adrian Whiting, of Dorset Police, said: "Because this item isn't actually a firearm it is lawful for the company, the suppliers, to use a courier as they did."

That fires infrared beams? Boy that is a hoot! I wish I got sent training weapons! Boo-yah simunitions and Glock 17T!

 

[John828]

guns don't kill people...


















...guns shipped to the wrong addressee kill people.

 

[Maelstrom]

Gun? What gun? Check with my neighbor, maybe he got a gun.

(My words to the police right after hiding MY new gun.)

 

[shdwfx]

"If it had got into the wrong hands the consequences wouldn't bear thinking about."

If this woman's constitution is representative of the average Brit, that training device - in the wrong hands - might indeed succeed in scaring them all to death.

 

[MD_Willington]

Terror...

Hey more like

!! WOOHOO, Hot d@mn, Daddies got a new toy!!

if I received it..

 

[deaconkharma]

the "wrong hands"- oh it is frightful to think !

Sigh and to think over here they are toys and we even let children play with them... and no one gets hurt.
But alas, In the wrong hands it may have been a really cool tv remote...

 

[John828]

See, now you got me thinking. I think I could make some money marketing 357 remotes, 45 remotes, oh? you can't change channels with anything less than a 44 magnum? Well, my lil unshowered Harry, I GOT THE REMOTE FOR YOU.

Seriously, I think a pistol remote control is a fabulous idea. Would it need an orange cap?

 

[deaconkharma]

only in nyc or england

it would be pretty cool to have a firearm remote.

you make, I buy

 

[woodybrighton]

opps better not tell her about wolf armoury they sell lot of realistic airsoft toy guns.
people who own rifles tend to keep it quiet about it

 

[deaconkharma]

and I want a 308 with a scope for my secret ops

of changing the channel on my wife from the backyard

 

[John828]

caliber wars

9mm won't do it from the couch, but 45 will switch from CNN to PBS anywhere in the trailer.

 

[ZRX61]

See, now you got me thinking. I think I could make some money marketing 357 remotes, 45 remotes, oh? you can't change channels with anything less than a 44 magnum? Well, my lil unshowered Harry, I GOT THE REMOTE FOR YOU.

Seriously, I think a pistol remote control is a fabulous idea. Would it need an orange cap?

Just don't be sitting in front of the TV servicing your real guns & pick up the .44 to change channels.. "Honey, we need to buy a new TV.. er.. & some drywall...."

 

[MikePGS]

See, now you got me thinking. I think I could make some money marketing 357 remotes, 45 remotes, oh? you can't change channels with anything less than a 44 magnum? Well, my lil unshowered Harry, I GOT THE REMOTE FOR YOU.

Seriously, I think a pistol remote control is a fabulous idea. Would it need an orange cap?

There was actually an article in the most recent Maxim that talked about how you can rewire a Nintendo Zapper to shut off your alarm clock by pointing at it and pulling the trigger.

 

[woodybrighton]

too be fair I don't think that many people who are not into guns could tell the difference at first look.
probably was real steel and the police are bluffing like hell

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

If this had happened to me:

A THR member in the U.S. has told of his elation at opening a parcel he had been expecting - only to find he had been sent a police machine gun. DoubleTapDrew had been expecting a horse harness to be delivered to his home. But he got a wonderful surprise when she saw a black Heckler and Koch weapon with a "come hither" look to it. The package was delivered by mistake and should have been sent to firearms officers at a nearby police headquarters. Police later explained a gun supply company made a mistake with the postal code when they sent it to Police HQ. Instead of sending it to DT2 8DZ, a clerk wrote down DTDs postcode, which differs only by a single letter. "I was absolutely and totally excited, and happy," Drew, who is in his 50s, said. "If it had got into the wrong hands the consequences wouldn't be any different than a knife or bat." DTD was later saddened to find out the weapon was in fact a realistic-looking training gun that fires infra-red beams. Assistant chief constable Adrian Whiting, of the Police, said: "Because this item isn't actually a firearm it is lawful for the company, the suppliers, to use a courier as they did." They couldn't get DTD to stop bothering them until they relented and let him shoot one of their real MP5s for a few minutes on the SWAT range

 

[ZRX61]

There was actually an article in the most recent Maxim that talked about how you can rewire a Nintendo Zapper to shut off your alarm clock by pointing at it and pulling the trigger.

Hell, I can do that with my M&P 40 & it doesn't require ANY rewiring

 

[xd45gaper]

i bet it wasnt a "training" gun, i bet it was the real deal and they where just trying to cover there ass. i mean why would the police need a machine gun in a gun free utopia?

 

[Frog48]

If this had happened to me:

Now THAT was funny.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

If this woman's constitution is representative of the average Brit, that training device - in the wrong hands - might indeed succeed in scaring them all to death.

To be fair, she did not find out it was a replica until told later.

Roots was later told the weapon was in fact a realistic-looking training gun that fires infra-red beams.