How Could This Still Happen?

[Alex H]

What was his excuse? "Sorry, forgot to unpack the ammo from my trip to Afganistan".

Sudanese man going from Washington to Dubai via London. So he either brought the bullets with him when he was comming into the US, or he got them in the US. Either way there was a slip up in the Yanks part. Can you still buy bullets over the counter in the US?

[3RA1N1AC]

Originally posted by Alex H@14 January 2004 - 22:39
Can you still buy bullets over the counter in the US?

there's been no legal change in regards to that. if you saw "bowling for columbine," you might've gotten the impression that there was at least a trend against over-the-counter sales of guns & bullets. 'fraid not, though... it was simply one chain of stores, that michael moore got to change their policy via a strong dose of public embarrassment.

[vidcc]

Originally posted by 3RA1N1AC+15 January 2004 - 06:58--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3RA1N1AC &#064; 15 January 2004 - 06:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Alex H@14 January 2004 - 22:39
Can you still buy bullets over the counter in the US?

there&#39;s been no legal change in regards to that. if you saw "bowling for columbine," you might&#39;ve gotten the impression that there was at least a trend against over-the-counter sales of guns & bullets. &#39;fraid not, though... it was simply one chain of stores, that michael moore got to change their policy via a strong dose of public embarrassment. [/b][/quote]
didn&#39;t see the film, Michael moore is on record as agreeing with p2p filesharing of his film which kind of took away the wish to download it....
but you pointed out something very valid internally. Our gun laws are really far too easy going.
one thing that i find kind of indicative about the acceptance of guns for all as a basic human right (supposedly to stop government oppressing us :helpsmile: ), in the town where i live there is a gun shop...a discount gun shop...right next door to a daycare nursery. i shall have to take a picture one day and post it.
as to the place he obtained the bullets is really irrelevent...if he had them when he entered the states then what happened to security worldwide ?
I read the story about the soldier before, he was caught red handed and i commend the security staff for doing their job, the mine was defused and no real danger in the soldiers eyes i suppose but a non firing replica gun is just as potent as a real loaded one to the person you point it at. that said a mine is a bit easier to find that a few bullets but it doesn&#39;t excuse the incident.
Mistakes can and will happen, i just wish that instead of waiting for a mistake to be turned into a lesson they tried to pre-empt the mistake.
The frontline security staff are doing a very hard job under pressure, often are not very well paid and often not appreciated for the reason they are doing what they do. This case raises a serious question about the efficiencey of the system and hopefully will become a lesson that helps us concentrate on the real security dangers

[3RA1N1AC]

i didn&#39;t have much of a point in posting the landmine story, except that it was a tangent to the first one about the bullets. but now that i&#39;ve had a little time to think about it, bringing a dud landmine onto a plane is not only lunk-headed (what was he thinking, really? prolly not thinking at all...) but it&#39;s more irresponsible than one might suppose. if airlines are going through the trouble of paying for increased security, it may as well remain devoted to dealing with real threats-- every security employee who&#39;s off dealing with someone like him is one less on-guard against genuine dangers.