Man Tries Trading Grenade At Gun Show (Texas)

[jpak]

http://www.kztv10.com/news/man-tries-trading-grenade-at-gun-show/

ARANSAS PASS - The gun show going on this weekend over in Aransas Pass took a surprising turn this morning when somebody came in to trade an explosive.

Police say around 9:30 a.m., a man came in wanting to trade a hand grenade that could possibly be live. The security officer quickly called for back up.

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"We've been detoured around here, and evidentially we can't get any closer than this but evidentially they have found this live hand grenade and they are going to detonate it! This is great. This is a show!" said Grant Erickson, who was attending the gun show.

A similar incident happened a few months ago at the civic center. Police say a bullet accidentally discharged from a hand gun.

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[jeepnstein]

1. Oh my, the sky is falling!

Police say they were unable to determine whether or not the hand grenade was actually live.

Of course you err on the side of caution when it comes to destructive devices like grenades. There are some people who would have us believe that grenades and full-auto are sold at gun shows with no paperwork due to some sinister "loophole" in the law. It seems that according to this news report vendors at shows don't like to see grenades all that much.

[The Wielding Truth]

2. Assault weapon/grenade. Which could take out more people? Gun show/RW Idiot.

Which one is more destructive?

[gejohnston]

5. grenade if it is live, which it probably isn't; assault weapon

is a propaganda/political buzz word, which is harmless.

[ileus]

3. They don't even know if it was live or not.....thanks for the driveby

[Kolesar]

4. The doucheville grenadiers...eom

[DWC]

6. Gun Show Security Works Again!

Thanks for showing - Again - how hard we work at safety.

Semper Fi,

[Hangingon]

7. You did notice that the grenade was caught at the door.

This gun show is just down the road from me. Not the best run show, but they stopped this ordinance at the checkpoint. The really interesting point is completely missing. The man who brought the grenade was an elderly veteran. It was a war souvenir. How many grenades, weapons, explosive items are in grandpa's footlocker in the garage? It was much easier to bring home trophies in the old days.

As to the earlier event, the individual reloaded after entering the show area. His weapon was checked and safety strapped at the door.

[flamin lib]

8. You need a grenade in case you're attacked by more than 30 evil-doers

and your largest capacity magazine only carries 30 rounds. It's positively necessary for self defense.

I still prefer a claymore . . .

[gejohnston]

10. see post seven and next time come up with something

mentioning

[Katya Mullethov]

11. Cant swing a claymore in your convenience store

Or were you referring to the anti-personnel mine ? Grenades and mines would do more damage than the euphemistically named "flash mob" of which you speak . Personally , I will stick with buckshot . http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Mob-rushes-South-Oak-Cliff-store-caught-on-camera-125191254.html

[gejohnston]

12. Not really a sword person so

When I think of claymore, I think of this:


I take it you are thinking of this:


sword vs revolver, you tell me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anEuw8F8cpE

[Hoyt]

9. What's funny is people drooling over guns that can kill scores of people, yet they get upset

over a grenade that probably hasn't seen powder in decades.

We ought to react to guns in public the same way they reacted to this threat.

[ileus]

15. Indeed because guns in public are illegal destructive devices

or in this case probably harmless until the bomb squad blows them up...

[X_Digger]

13. "Police say they were unable to determine whether or not the hand grenade was actually live."

Uh-huh.. Riiiiiiight

[DonP]

14. It ain't all that hard

Unscrew the fuse and see if there is explosive in it or if it's just another dummy that somebody painted over the blue on.

Not exactly a bomb squad level assignment.

[SteveM]

16. So-o-o-o, whatever happened to the "gun show loophole?"

I mean, the grenade was spotted and confiscated immediately, yup?

[DonP]

17. Most of our "gun show loophole" experts have never been to a gun show

A while back we had someone who ranted and raved about the gun show loophole and somehow accidentally admitted they had never actually been to a gun show, but absolutely knew what went on there. From kits to convert guns to full auto sold "under the table" , to Nazi and CSA "recruiting tables".

When we tried to explain what re-enactors were, it was far too complex a concept for them.

In fact last month, when there were pix of the Mexican cartel hardware being displayed, we had a few that were struggling with the idea that gun shows don't really sell full boat M-2 50 BMGs and RPGs out the door.

I love people who have "never been there" but somehow "know" all about it. They always remind me of the "Fundies" that know all about women's and abortion rights and gay marriage.

[ileus]

18. Thousands or scary guns just waiting to kill people...can you blame them?

[SteveM]

20. Ignorance of that which one wishes to ban is required...

so that stereotypes, ogres and things that go bump in the night will not be disturbed by the facts.

Prohibitionists know they must keep ignorant of the subject; if they can't fear confronting the facts themselves, how will they convince others of that fear?

[ileus]

19. Funny thing is the press even bit on this hyperbole filled BS story.

It's pretty common knowledge that citizens with destructive devices go to gun shows to try and trade them for legal firearms....happens all the time. LOL

[Hangingon]

21. Corpus Christi is a small market.

The media were happy to have someting a little different to report than the usual drug running, illegal immmigrant and car wrecks.

[Tejas]

22. Should've traded/sold it to ATF,

slim pickings now that everyone is on to them, stuff for them to smuggle north/south/east/west is drying up.