Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:06:42 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Atlanta airport security . . busily at . . work?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>sgs at aginc.net 08/26/02 05:06PM
>>Michael Walsh wrote:
> > As reported on www.cnn.com :
> >
> > PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Federal authorities say they will
> > file charges "as soon as the magistrate signs a warrant" against a
> > woman they allege carried a handgun on a flight from Atlanta, Georgia
> > to Philadelphia.
>
>Yeah, saw it on CNN.  They said that it was fully loaded, with a 12 shot
>clip, plus another fully loaded clip.
>
>Only problem is, .357 Magnum is a revolver caliber.  12 shot clips are
>limited to automatics.  The corresponding caliber for an automatic is =
9mm.
>
>So which was it?  Besides more sloppy reporting, of course.

And perhaps sloppy news from the brain trust at the Transportation =
Security Authority.   Damn, where are the Three Stooges when we really =
need them?

mjw

>
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>Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
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