Man Arrested at Miami Airport After Bullet Parts Found in Bag

[ReconLdr]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/28...st=latestnews#

Published December 28, 2010
| Associated Press
Print Email Share Comments (127) Text Size MIAMI – A 37-year-old man is facing a federal charge after bullet primers ignited in his bag as it was being unloaded at Miami International Airport from a flight that had just arrived.

FBI spokesman Mike Leverock says there is no connection to terrorism. The man is a naturalized U.S. citizen who was traveling Tuesday on an American Airlines flight from Boston to Miami and on to Jamaica. His name was not immediately released.

Leverock says several hundred bullet primers were discovered inside the bag after some ignited. No one was injured, although a few small shards struck the shoe of a baggage handler.

The man was being held on a charge of traveling in interstate commerce without a license to carry ammunition.

Since when is a primer considered a bullet? Since when do you have to have a license to carry ammunition?

If I can fly from Pa to Florida with a pistol and ammo in my checked bag, how is this different?

[phillykev]

If I can fly from Pa to Florida with a pistol and ammo in my checked bag, how is this different?

He probably didn't declare it and obviously didn't have it securely pacakged. They didn't "find" bullet parts in his bag. The stuff exploded in his bag.

[CHEMICAL]

That sucks. I wonder if he recently pissed off Karma or something.

[bogey1]

primers went off what did they do, hit them with a hammer?

[CenterTree]

Shouldn't this be posted in the Ammunition and Reloading thread category???

jk.

[MontCo Alex]

I saw this and knew immediatly that it would be on PAFOA already lol.

Yea what exactly is " traveling in interstate commerce without a license to carry ammunition." Even if primers aren't ammo technically.

we need some clarity here. Any ideas?

Alex

[DucatiRon]

One idea is that primers are considered Haz-Mat while loaded ammo is not. I know there going to hit the guy with this charge. Because of the amout he was carring he was being hit with intend to sell/distibute as per the news last night. I didnt realize you needed a licence to sell reloading supplies but resale of pretty much anything without a license is just bad in .gubs eyes...

[MostlyHarmless]

primers went off what did they do, hit them with a hammer?

The article says shards hit the shoe of a baggage handler. Maybe the bag acted in self defense after being kicked hard several times?


Jan

[bogey1]

The article says shards hit the shoe of a baggage handler. Maybe the bag acted in self defense after being kicked hard several times?


Jan

after thinking about it, it brings back memories when i used to plow snow at phila international.

now i can see how they went off.

[wa3ra]

'Several hundred'? A couple of crates, maybe? Last time I bought primers, there were 1000 in the package, and AFAIK, they were not illegal to carry in checked baggage.

Now for the important question: berdan or boxer? (or briefs?)