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A man in Florida surprised police by handing in a surface-to-air missile launcher during a gun amnesty in the city of Orlando.

He told the newspaper he found the 4ft (1.2m) weapon in a shed last week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6953374.stm

Nice gun he found! :p
So do Floridians keep these things in the backyard?

next time someone show up with a Anti-tank guided missile

next time someone show up with a Anti-tank guided missile

I think it might have belonged an ex-military personnel who forgot about it. These things are portable.

This is acceptable, everyone needs to protect themselves from tyrannical governments with aircraft.

*THUNK*
PUBLIC SERVANT:"Uh sir, this is a weapons amnesty, what are you doing with that giant case?"
SADDAM:"This is an amnesty right? Look, I found this shit in the gutter... <.< >.> . Cheers. Don't open it by the way"

I think it might have belonged an ex-military personnel who forgot about it. These things are portable.
scary part is they walk away with it from a base and no one notes it missing
This is acceptable, everyone needs to protect themselves from tyrannical governments with aircraft.

or lower flying airlines

CJ: That chopper's still on us!
The Truth: Here, use this. *hands CJ a rocket launcher*
CJ: Holy shit, where did you get that?
The Truth: Found it in a bail of thai sticks. Shame really, I was gonna make it into a lamp.

Sometimes the actual truth is stranger than The Truth.

Scary shit man.

Scary shit man.

Actually in Australia, four army missile launchers were stolen. And yes, they stolen by serving military personnel at the time.

I'd've kept it...

Actually in Australia, four army missile launchers were stolen. And yes, they stolen by serving military personnel at the time.

four cheap Laws that was noted by someone as missing

Actually in Australia, four army missile launchers were stolen. And yes, they stolen by serving military personnel at the time.

They'll raid a Hell's Angels warehouse and find them someday.

They'll raid a Hell's Angels warehouse and find them someday.

I think two were found, but two are still missing.

I think two were found, but two are still missing.

two at a dump

two at a dump

You can find lots of good stuff at a dump. :p

You can find lots of good stuff at a dump. :p

that why they have light for late night shopping

It is probably just the throw away tube. This is not a big deal. Now if there were a missile along with it then there is a story. But this is much to do about nothing.

Well if you're being serious about the whole "well regulated militia being necessary etc. etc.", then you really need SAM's to keep the potential despot's planes off your back.

The taliban refused to sell back their stinger missiles, since they were dead set on using them against the iranians some day.

Funny how things turn out.

My dad handed one of these into the local police station in the 80's.
http://www.army.mod.uk/img/ddli/ww1_vickers_machine_gun.jpg
It had been sitting in the basement of the local council office since WWII. I think the police were a bit shocked, the amnesty was centred around a small market town in the north of England, and has so far turned up a couple of shotguns and a knife.

Nice gun he found! :p
So do Floridians keep these things in the backyard?
No, they keep them in the basement. Virginians keep them in the backyard. (Texans keep them on a wall in the bedroom)

A bit of a shame that they handed it in. They could have replaced the warheads of whatever ammunition they owned for custard pies, leading to long-range hilarity.

Laser guided pies to the face = comic gold and possibly the only good reason for the continued development of MANPADS.

A bit of a shame that they handed it in. They could have replaced the warheads of whatever ammunition they owned for custard pies, leading to long-range hilarity.

Laser guided pies to the face = comic gold and possibly the only good reason for the continued development of MANPADS.

It's a complex conversion process and unfurtonaely, it's impossible to stockpile because the warheads go bad after a few days. :(

It's a complex conversion process and unfurtonaely, it's impossible to stockpile because the warheads go bad after a few days. :(
I deep-freeze my rounds so as to keep them fresh and, hence, comic for as long as I need.

Off pies are a bit tragicomic for me. The first second or two, it's hilarious, but then you realise that you've just ruined someone's perfectly excellent suit by making it smell of dodgy milk.

No, they keep them in the basement. Virginians keep them in the backyard. (Texans keep them on a wall in the bedroom)

yeehaw ya'll