22 bullet found in Fossgate, York

[lostinblue 1,989]

.22 bullet found in Fossgate, York

8:57am Friday 21st January 2011

A STARTLED man has told how he found a bullet lying in a York city-centre street.

Tim Stark said he was unloading items into the MOR Music store where he works in Fossgate yesterday morning when he spotted what he believed to be a live .22 bullet gleaming in a puddle.

He said he immediately called police, who came and took it away.

“I have no idea what it was doing there,” he said.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said the bullet had been put into safe storage, and CID had confirmed it was not thought to be connected with any incident currently under investigation.

He asked anyone with any information about the bullet and how it came to be in Fossgate to phone the force on 0845 60 60 47.

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/8805022.Fossgate_bullet_find_mystery/

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

a live bullet eh?

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Oh, A .22 bullet. I thought it was 22 bullets. Wow, call out the riot squad!!! It must be an attack!!!!

[mawilson 2,133]

Oh, A .22 bullet. I thought it was 22 bullets. Wow, call out the riot squad!!! It must be an attack!!!!

LMAO

[Peikko 1,575]

Because finding bullets lying around city streets is normal? I've never come across any, ever and I've lived in some interesting places. Perhaps people where you guys live just throw bullets around themselves like confetti and finding one is par for the course, but it's not what I call normal and it could have been evidence in a crime so reporting it was just a decent person performing a civic duty.

[Amby 490]

Oh, A .22 bullet. I thought it was 22 bullets. Wow, call out the riot squad!!! It must be an attack!!!!

[mawilson 2,133]

Because finding bullets lying around city streets is normal?

It's also impossible because we all know that guns and ammo are illegal in the UK.

Why bother reporting something that cannot possibly exist?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The bullet made the news because finding these things on UK streets is not typical.

Who knew.

Edited March 14, 2011 by Ron Burgundy

[Danno 1,228]

Because finding bullets lying around city streets is normal? I've never come across any, ever and I've lived in some interesting places. Perhaps people where you guys live just throw bullets around themselves like confetti and finding one is par for the course, but it's not what I call normal and it could have been evidence in a crime so reporting it was just a decent person performing a civic duty.

There are a lot of things I have never found in the street, can openers, dictionaries, wedding rings .... I don't even recall finding a set of keys in the street.

While I might call the police about finding a ring or someones keys, I doubt I would call about a can opener or a .22 bullet.

[peejay 327]

There are a lot of things I have never found in the street, can openers, dictionaries, wedding rings .... I don't even recall finding a set of keys in the street.

While I might call the police about finding a ring or someones keys, I doubt I would call about a can opener or a .22 bullet.

Better to find a .22 bullet than some of the stuff I've encountered in store parking lots. Examples:

Used diapers

Used syringes

Somebody emptying the ashtray of their car into a pile of 50+ cig butts

General trash and debris

Half eaten fast food

Condom (didn't investigate whether it was used or not)

And that is a quick list off the top of my head. Compared to that, a .22 bullet ain't sh*t.

I'll bet the Limeys had a haz-mat crew and the bomb squad to remove the offending bullet at a cost of hundreds if not thousands. I'm relieved that the offending bullet is in "safe storage". Who knows what the offending bullet may have done if it remained in the puddle.

Edited March 14, 2011 by peejay

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'd expect the people who found it thought it was connected to a crime. Why? Because it's not a normal thing to find on a British street.

Have a little perspective beyond your own back yard.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The mind boggling still question remains unanswered... "How did a .22 cal bullet ever find it's way to Yorkshire ?"

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

I'd expect the people who found it thought it was connected to a crime. Why? Because it's not a normal thing to find on a British street.

Have a little perspective beyond your own back yard.

because every bullet must be connected to a crime.

[Amby 490]

I'd expect the people who found it thought it was connected to a crime. Why? Because it's not a normal thing to find on a British street.

Have a little perspective beyond your own back yard.

you're more likely to find a samurai sword on a british street

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Must it? Its a conclusion you might reach if you live somewhere where such things are not commonplace.

Personally I think your conclusion is the more extravagant here.

you're more likely to find a samurai sword on a british street

On the street just laying in the gutter? Er no.

Edited March 14, 2011 by Ron Burgundy