SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department’s Bomb Squad was called to a Southwest Side neighborhood Saturday after dozens of rounds of ammunition were found underneath a home.
The ammunition was discovered on the 7900 block of Dempsey Drive, near Old Pearsall Road and Southwest Military Drive, around 2:45 p.m. Saturday.
Capt. Troy Balcar of the San Antonio Fire Department said a family member found a sealed box with about 75 rounds of decades-old ammunition underneath the house. He said the rounds were about 40 years old, based on a date written on the box. Half a dozen nearby homes were evacuated for about three hours.
“This is definitely a big danger, because they’ve been under there so long,” Balcar said. “They’ve rusted, they’ve been exposed to the weather, elements outside so we definitely want to get them disposed of as quickly as possible.”
Family members said a veteran who served for more than 30 years lived at the house until he passed away recently.
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.
Is this some kind of joke? Did this come from The Onion? WTF
In Sparta, they evacuated half of the neighborhood, when they found a rusted sword…. Land of the Free and Brave… Then they all laughed and beheaded the dumb-ass that wanted to disarm free men with fear of the weapons that guaranteed freedom until death..
more psychological bull crap. the only “danger” the ammo posed is being inert when you needed it.
Gimme a break
I’ve even had a house of mine burn down with my hunting ammo in it.. no one got hurt and none of it went off,, and even if it did Mythbusters have already proven that ammo that is not Breached ( in a chamber ) is of very little threat
when it “cooks off” the brass case becomes the projectile , not the bullet , and because the brass case has very little mass , it has very little wounding capability
also as said in the story, these rounds are compromised , they are corroded, and have more than likely been wet .. they are toast and wouldn’t fire off even if you wanted them to
this is a scare tactic
its all HYPE!
And freak’n bomb squad doesn’t seem to know this?
Police State America is a JOKE!
Its about keeping the American sheeple in a constant state of FEAR!
Why would you need a bomb squad to dispose of ammo? Its called job security people!
“Just last week, the bomb squad spent about half an hour disposing of shotgun shells found there.”
DAMB !!!! I hope they don’t find my shit they will have to evacuate the Town.
What a JOKE !!!
Drama queening. Capt. Troy Balcar must have attended some FBI/DHS training seminars, to be so completely ignorant of the subject matter. Boggles the imagination that he holds a responders position. Political appointment?
Is this a joke?
Were the evacuations done at the point of the gun?
Were each those guns carrying nearly have the number of rounds of terror that were under the house.
Cop bullets are good.
Peoples bullets are bad.
People are all in a tizzy over who the next emperor will be that orders these goons around.
We better form a “75 Bullets Commission”, “We will find these bullet dropper’s, and the people who harbor them!” lol This isn’t even newsworthy.
https://youtu.be/uHkvD7-u7y8?t=1
Yep, they “blowed it up real good”….
#1, you sure have a way of finding subject relevant video clips. That was hilarious! Robert Redford’s “Ordinary People” was too “Talky”! “And, nothing blew up!”
Unfortunately, what’s been incrementally conditioned is violence. It’s pretty much the truth today, television programming and “The Box Office” sell $hit that gets “blown up”. If it’s too “talkedy”, it won’t work with the “instant gratification generation”!
Now, my Wisconsin Badgers played against a Minnesota Gopher team tonight. The Gophers were playing without 4 of their leading scorers in light of an orgy sexting scandal. Wisconsin won. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
“Hey guys, let’s have a four or fivesome and text it all over!” Duh!!