Comments: True. As first reported in an ABC News article dated December 6, 2000 (from which the above text was clearly taken) and later by Time magazine, .22 caliber guns disguised as cell phones have been confiscated from smugglers in western Europe on more than one occasion in the past several years.
The guns, which are capable of firing four rounds in quick succession, are believed to have been manufactured in Yugoslavia or Croatia. The "antennae" of the gutted phones function as gun barrels and numbers 5 through 8 on the keypad as triggers.
Security experts say the cell phone guns, as well as other "improvised explosive devices," can be detected by screening equipment now in use at airports internationally. Though they have been the subject of security alerts in the U.S. as recently as December 2003, none have yet been sighted in North America.
Comments: True. As first reported in an ABC News article dated December 6, 2000 (from which the above text was clearly taken) and later by Time magazine, .22 caliber guns disguised as cell phones have been confiscated from smugglers in western Europe on more than one occasion in the past several years.
The guns, which are capable of firing four rounds in quick succession, are believed to have been manufactured in Yugoslavia or Croatia. The "antennae" of the gutted phones function as gun barrels and numbers 5 through 8 on the keypad as triggers.
Security experts say the cell phone guns, as well as other "improvised explosive devices," can be detected by screening equipment now in use at airports internationally. Though they have been the subject of security alerts in the U.S. as recently as December 2003, none have yet been sighted in North America.
So if one was in Yugoslavia or Croatia would one buy it from a gun shop or from a mobile phone shop ??? LOLZ, just kidding ..............
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:20 pm
by Kim
The Doc";p="56432 wrote:
So if one was in Yugoslavia or Croatia would one buy it from a gun shop or from a mobile phone shop ??? LOLZ, just kidding ..............
Haha, LOL.
Maybe a new venture known as "GunPhone" shop !
Gun camouflaged as mobile phone
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:45 pm
by ebenezer
Came across these images while browsing for foreign pictures at the news desk. The picture has been shot by an AP ( Associated Press) photographer (source quoted). But the calibre isn't mentioned. To me it appears like a .22 LR. Can anyone figure out?
Regards,
Ebenezer
CAPTION: An Italian Carabinieri paramilitary police officer shows a gun, camouflaged as a mobile phone, seized along with other weapons and drugs in a Camorra bunker in Torre Annunziata, near Naples, southern Italy, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. According to investigators, the gun can fire up to four bullets. (AP Photo/Franco Castano)
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:48 pm
by lazybones
Good God ! Every aviation securitywallah's worst nightmare.
Ashok
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:55 pm
by badshah0522
There are vidios availble for this gun on youtube.
Re: Gun camouflaged as mobile phone
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:14 pm
by ebenezer
Thanks Badshah,
That answers my question as well. It's a .22 indeed.
Regards,
Ebenezer
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:15 pm
by HSharief
That is the reason some of the "smart" security guards in the absence of xray devices, have the passengers switch on the electronic devices like phones, pagers, pdas, etc...
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:18 pm
by mundaire
HSharief";p="60128 wrote:
That is the reason some of the "smart" security guards in the absence of xray devices, have the passengers switch on the electronic devices like phones, pagers, pdas, etc...
This is getting to be normal practice in most of the multiplex cinemas in Delhi.
Re: Gun camouflaged as mobile phone
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:44 pm
by indian
i wonder if there is any country where these kind of guns are legal
Re: Gun camouflaged as mobile phone
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:01 am
by Novus Collectus
indian";p="60134 wrote:i wonder if there is any country where these kind of guns are legal
They are legal in the United States with registration of the firearm and either a $5 transfer tax stamp, or a $200 manufacturing tax stamp (you can make one here in the US but you need to pay the tax first).
Also legal here are pen guns, briefcase guns (with or without a silencer), cane guns, wallet guns, key fob guns, pocket watch guns, ring guns, umbrella guns, pager guns, flashlight guns, knife guns (only some knife guns are regulated), etc. They are legal with a tax stamp and registration unless they were made before 1899 or after 1898 and they have been given an exception and removed from regulation.
LOLZ, just kidding .............. 
