From: Bobby Joe Pendleton (bjpendleton@charter.net)
Date: Sat Aug 21 2004 - 12:08:38 PDT
some of the police "robots" have a shotgun mounted on them.
BjP
"Maneo Qualis Manebam"
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Subject: Re: [MV] I hope this guy isnt part of THIS mailing list
> The authorities are almost as dumb, ( IMHO )as the guy with the drill.
> What if that 3 foot package they couldn't open had been a 105m/m HE arty
> round? How many homes or people could have been
> injured/killed/destroyed. Somebody wasn't using their head in a crisis
> situation. Package should have been placed in a disposal container and
> removed to a safe location before trying to detonate it.
>
> Shot at it with a SHOTGUN. Never seen that done before, but I have seen
> EOD use a rifle or C-4 to touch off a suspect explosive. Shotgun doesn't
> have enough range to avoid possible shrapnel, but then they could apply
> for a PH like John K.
>
> Frank Cox ' Nam 1966
> MVPA 14530
> '45 GMC 353 DUKW
> '66 M35A2 w/w
>
> at, 21 Aug 2004 11:57:52 -0500
> (GMT-05:00) michael@tsixroads.com writes:
> > I have a small collection of practice rounds myself and have turned
> > down a few live rounds for safety and legal reasons. What grips me
> > is the evil spin the press put on this guy. Sure he did something
> > stupid and got himself hurt. But, when you get right down to it,
> > every human endeavor has some risk to it. People are killing
> > themselves with their hobbies every day and they usually don?Tt
> > make the news. And if they do, they aren't made out to be
> > homicidal-maniacs.
> >
> > I bet this was fun to watch.
> >
> > ?oWhile waiting for the Army bomb experts to arrive, Sarasota
> > authorities probed a 3-foot-long cardboard package on the lawn.
> >
> > Baixauli said bomb squad members tried to X-ray the package but it
> > appeared to be shielded by something.
> >
> > Authorities then remotely fired a shotgun at the package, twice, in
> > an attempt to open it and reduce the chances it would go off. They
> > sent a camera-equipped robot to inspect the package after each
> > shot.
> >
> > The shotgun blasts ripped the package apart, but authorities didn't
> > say what was inside.?
> >
> > Mike
> > Tishomingo, MS
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:52:10 -0400 Tony Mugno
> > <amugno@optonline.net>
> > writes:
> > >
> >
> http://heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040820/NEWS/4082004
> > 01/1060
> > >
> >
> >
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> Frank Cox ' Nam 1966
> MVPA 14530
> '45 GMC 353 DUKW
> '66 M35A2 w/w
>
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