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Naples police find a gun disguised as a mobile phone
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phone_gun3.jpg Officers from the paramilitary Carabinieri police were stunned when they seized a gun disguised as a mobile phone after a raid on a Mafia gang in Naples. Fully loaded, the gun's capable of firing four shots in quick succession through the antenna using buttons on the keypad as the trigger. The phone gun has a dummy display and can hold and fire four .22 bullets. The .22-calbire rounds fit into the top of the phone, under the screen. Bullets are fired through the phone's antenna by pressing keypad numbers five to eight. The phone gun is the same size as an ordinary mobile phone and capable of firing four rounds in ...
Ingenious Mobsters Establish Lucrative New Gunphone Market
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
Mobsters based out of Naples were deprived of that novelty as police seized this mock-phone which is actually loaded with four .22 bullets that are fired by pressing keys numbered five through eight. The gun is loaded under the dummy screen by splitting the top and bottom sections after twisting a switch near the base of the device. It’s a damned sneaky ploy, that’s for sure. What’s next? Switchblade flips? Submachinegun sliders? QWERTY fragphones? I bet all those keys would make for some rough shrapnel.
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Check out a video of the gunphone in action ...
Naples Police Uncover Mobile Phone Gun in Mafia Raid
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
Not that this is a ‘light’ story, but I like to throw down something a little out of the ordinary on Fridays. To that end, I came across this story of a .22 caliber pistol housed in what looks to be a mobile phone.
The gun which is made up to look like a mobile phone (albeit an out-of-date one) was found by Italian police during a search of a property in Naples. The search was conducted as part of the fight against the mafia in the region. The gun is capable of firing four .22 bullets in quick succession. Getting the gun ready to fire is as simple as sliding the ...
Video Demo of Cellphone Gun Shows How Effective It Could Be [Bang Bang]
Gizmodo —
Here's a video demonstration on how the infamous cellphone handgun works. Not the handgun cellphone, which although it's a lot better looking, it's not as terrifyingly functional. [Thanks tipster]
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