Please tell me this is humor and not truth in of all places Texas

[runfiverun]

San Antonio has about 5 military bases around it.
the Air Force's Basic training unit is there.
as well as the training areas for their security forces and some Marine units.
the Para-rescue units do some training there as well as a bunch of the K-9 units.

that's where I first fired the M-40 grenade Launcher, a full auto M-16, and the good old M-60

[flyingmonkey35]

40 mm rounds is understandable. Could also be a crate of 45acp rounds and the news has no idea what their talking about.

But I've seen the bomb squad called on a empty abandoned cooler.

So best to be safe. And let them get the practice in.

[Kraschenbirn]

...But I've seen the bomb squad called on a empty abandoned cooler...best to be safe. And let them get the practice in.

Two or three years back, our local ('FBI-Accredited') bomb squad blew up a back-pack found near a college neighborhood bus stop because the on-site x-rays indicated a 'suspicious package' inside...which turned out to be someone's lunch wrapped in aluminum foil.

Bill

[trails4u]

From the actual article (linked in the OP)

"This is the second time old ammunition has been found at the home. Just last week, the bomb squad spent about half an hour disposing of shotgun shells found there".


If they called them for shotgun shells...no reason to think this couldn't have been rifle/pistol ammunition.

[Outpost75]

If it was the old 40mm with HE proximity fused naval ammo, I might be concerned. I think I would contact a military ordinance unit and follow their instructions. If they told me to evacuate the area I sure would. Just because the press says 40 cal. doesn't make it so. I mean its not like they have ever misspoke before.

THIS is the correct answer. You would not believe the stuff which people put out for municipal trash collection when they move out. When I was a safety officer in Public Works in northern Virginia working the area near Fort Belvoir, particularly the old WW2 training area now a residential subdivision called Fort Hunt and the area along Telegraph Road near the USCG TISCOM, I usually had to call a fire marshall, police EOD tech or hazmat response unit at least once a week.

Among the stuff set out were LIVE WW2-era grenades, mortar and artillery rounds, detonators, det-cord, commercial blasting dynamite and old pound blocks of Comp-B or guncotton which were sweating NG! You name it...

All of our "Refuse Supervisors" were required to attend "Bang & Burn" school at the fire academy to learn to recognize explosives and bomb precursors, and also to attend hazmat, drug lab and terrorism awareness for first responder classes so they could tell the difference between a bomb factory, a meth lab or improper set out of household chemicals, to protect our workers and summon appropriate assistance. Doing so saved lives.

After 9/11 we also began screening all incoming trash loads coming into our waste to energy facility for nuclear materials.

[aephilli822]

From the actual article (linked in the OP)

"This is the second time old ammunition has been found at the home. Just last week, the bomb squad spent about half an hour disposing of shotgun shells found there".


If they called them for shotgun shells...no reason to think this couldn't have been rifle/pistol ammunition.

new owners changing the landscaping???
"Honey, what's that in the dirt you're digging up? OH NO, it's BULLETS!!! RUN!!!!"

[robg]

That's what happens over here ,they found some live ammo on a beach scattered around after a storm closed off beach cos of the danger.pathetic you could see on the TV it was .223/5.56 in stripper clips .

[leadman]

I worked in Safety with the City of Phoenix. During the first Household Hazardous Waste event for citizens to turn in items for disposal I had a couple of disturbing events.
First one I the driver opened the trunk of a sedan and when I looked inside there was a 3/4 full 5 gallon bucket of gasoline that had spilled gas, no lid, and a brown 1 gallon bottle of crystallized percolate ??. Been so long can't remember the exact info on the percolate but I hollered for the bomb squad officer that was about 50 yards away. When he saw it he had the area cleared out in a hurry!! The brown bottle he said was an explosive in its condition.
Later a VW bus pulled in and the driver said he has a couple of batteries to drop off. He opened the side door and his kids were sitting on the corroded batteries! They had a long chat with a police officer over this.
We did get ammo but it wasn't a problem. I left with lots of oil, atf, and aerosol products that day.
The COP later specified what could be brought to these events.
It is amazing what some people get away with.

[Geezer in NH]

Apears to be **** reporting by the media again. Happens everywhere.

[Kent Fowler]

The pussification of America marches on.....

Actually, The Chief of the SAPD needed a some kind of diversion as he's trying to escape the heat for throwing one of his officers under the bus. Also, it's not pussification, but a symptom of advanced liberalism and multi-nationalism prevalent in San Antonio and lot of South Texas. A good majority of these people have one foot in America and the other in Mexico and would vote for a dog in a purple duck suit if it was on the Democrat side of the ballot

[MrWolf]

[QUOTE... A good majority of these people have one foot in America and the other in Mexico and would vote for a dog in a purple duck suit if it was on the Democrat side of the ballot[/QUOTE]

I thought they were doing that right now...

[mold maker]

Never saw her described that way, but if the shoe fits-----.

[Mumblypeg]

Hey ! Don't cuss a dog like that !

[TXGunNut]

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M203 stuff?

That's the only way this story makes sense. The difference between "caliber" and "mm" is negligible for folks in the liberal, gun-fearing press. And it's true that bomb squads will sometimes use inert objects for "practice" because they've invested the manpower and logistics to respond so they might as well treat it like the real thing.

[NavyVet1959]

A good majority of these people have one foot in America and the other in Mexico and would vote for a dog in a purple duck suit if it was on the Democrat side of the ballot

I think you mean the word for "*female* dog"...

[jonp]

Dozens? and the surrounding houses were evacuated? They better evac the surrounding counties if something happens to my wife and I.

[bedbugbilly]

I took a long nap the other day and maybe I missed it . . . did Texas get annexed by the Republic of Kalifornia?

[MtGun44]

If this is pistol or rifle ammo, this is beyond stupid.

[rondog]

I remember reading a post on some gun forum from a LEO that responded to a call from a terrified family of tourists that had found "an explosive device" in their rented minivan. They were cowering in terror because there was a shotgun shell rolling around under a seat.

[lightman]

It would be interesting to know the rest of the story. I'm guessing it was 40 mm and not 40 caliber. If so, it was a good call from the safety aspect. If it truely was 40 cal, well thats funny!