SWAT Team Takes Down Man Armed With LEGO Gun

[The Straight Story]

SWAT Team Takes Down Man Armed With LEGO Gun


According to the National Post, a Toronto man who happens to be a big LEGO fan, was working in a downtown office on Friday when the replica gun made from LEGO that he’d ordered from online retailer BrickGun arrived. He assembled the model and later closed his office door for a conference call and that’s when someone who could see in his window from a neighboring building called police to report lone man sitting in an office with a gun.

The SWAT team was dispatched and the incident ended with the man cuffed against a wall while six officers armed with assault rifles and shotguns secured the LEGO. Fortunately, no-one was injured and there are no charges pending, but consider it a lesson about what can go wrong when LEGO is put to more nefarious use. Maybe stick to the Star Wars sets next time.



http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/12/swat-team-takes-down-man-armed-with-lego-gun/

[AnneD]

1. If that thing shoots lego bullets....

they did the right thing. As a parent having stepped on those lego blocks, I can vouch for their lethal abilities.

[The Straight Story]

6. We have nothing to fear but LEGO's themselves (nt)

[Cirque du So-What]

11. They're potentially lethal when they're just lying on the floor!

When my kids were young, a stray Lego escaped the nightly clean-up in the living room. The next morning, I was uncharacteristically padding around barefoot and stepped on that Lego - right on my instep. Of course, the initial pain was excruciating, but I sported a Lego-shaped bruise - complete with the little round holes - for about two weeks afterward. I also had pain in that tendon for several more months. A 'lump' is attached to that tendon to this very day - some 20+ years later. In addition to making me a more thorough Lego picker-upper, it also made me more likely to wear socks - if not shoes - at all times around the house.

[Caliman73]

17. been there...

It is amazing that more kids aren't hurt by those things. They are freaking sharp!! I guess it is different when it is a couple hundred pounds coming down on about 2 inches of sharp rigid plastic though.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I've just got a feeling this is gonna be EPIC!

:popcorn:

[Renew Deal]

3. lol

:rofl:

Those buildings are fishbowls.

[sui generis]

4. telescopes are SOOOO tacky

and I have a corner office . . . I just assume if I can see somebody else's office window with greater or lesser clarity, they can probably peer in mine.

poor schmuck . . .

[SoCalDem]

5. Looks like a gun to me...

Sounds like he's not a Johnny Cash fan.. "Don't take yer guns to town work, son..

[onehandle]

7. Guns aren't toys, they're tools.

Damn librul media.

[Brother Buzz]

8. You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

[NutmegYankee]

9. I love the Video on the guys blog.

The neighbor held a sign up in the window saying "sorry, it looked real". At least everybody could laugh about it and move on. Here in the USA there would be lawsuits getting filed...


Video: http://www.globaltoronto.com/video/index.html?releasePID=vYVAUVBhw52p9CtgzIqqNveQrTQtwMqL

[Javaman]

10. Let go of my LEGO!!!!! nt

[Romulox]

12. I own a very realistic airsoft pistol. I would never take it out in the office. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. Who was the nosy so-and-so looking through window?

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. Link to the guys 1st person account of the event

http://blog.jeremybell.com/2009/12/03/so-i-got-arrested-by-the-swat-team-last-night/

[whistler162]

24. Shoot me a message on Twitter: @jeremybell .....

GOOD GRIEF!!!!!

[Soylent Brice]

15. you find the funniest shit.

[The Straight Story]

18. Mainly cause my life sucks and I have nothing else to do

:rofl:

[Soylent Brice]

21. wanna trade?

i have 3 kids, all under the age of 5, work full time, and i'm working on my bachelors f/t in software engineering.

i beg for days where i'm bored.

:rofl:

and i doubt your life sucks.
how's your son?

[The Straight Story]

25. He is hoping to be here for christmas

And then off next year to Iraq or Afghanistan.

He got injured this week during exercises at Ft Hood and needed stitches.

God willing he will be here in a few weeks.

[Soylent Brice]

29. hope he makes it home for the holidays!

injury doesn't sound too bad, glad he only needed stitches.

my lil sis is making it home for holidays as well, and will be back at Hood after the first of the year.
i hope you all have a great holiday together as a family.

[Romulox]

16. On the subject of lego, check out this awesome DIY Lego Mecha project!

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=ragnarock01

:wow:

[Angleae]

26. I'm rather partial to this project myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRifXI7sYQ

[Romulox]

30. Wow. That is awe inspiring. Thanks for sharing! nt

[TCJ70]

28. Looks like a Gundam...

...Wing Zero FTW!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. Did they scream "LEGO OF THAT GUN!!!" ? -nt

[Techn0Girl]

20. When we finally outlaw Legos , only Criminals will have Legos!

You can pry MY Lego from of my cold dead Minifig hands

[Ignis]

22. The only legacy I have from 8 years of dot-com work is...

A huge collection of Nerf guns. :D Most of them, fortunately, look nothing like the real thing.

But at least some of them are actually valuable. Dot-com stock? Not so much.

[tuvor]

23. No such thing as bad publicity.

"Due to the overwhelming number of orders from recent press and the holiday rush, all orders from today on will be delayed 2-3 extra weeks."

www.brickgun.com

[Renew Deal]

27. What would Christmas be without a Lego UZI

http://www.brickgun.com/MAC_11_RB/BrickGun_MAC-11RB.html