Mr. Dictator, Part-time Detective with Minimal Evidence

[Mr. Dictator]

So, funny thing happened to me early Friday morning. Not very much to do here, I guess, except swap ideas as to what happened, but let us continue. Mostly, I just wanna tell this story, since its so WTH for my ordinary life.

To set the scene, I'm a janitor at a large Tennessee state university where one Herman Cain gave a speech Thursday evening. We detailed the room he was to speak in, and it was detailed again an hour or so before the speech.

I say this, because there is no chance that what was found came from a class held in this lecture hall.

Anyways, Friday morning we get called back over there to help clean the building, as most of the people who normally clean it had called out sick. We're cleaning the State Farm Room (the room where the speech was given) and my partner who I normally work with says, "Hey, ****** (name has been omitted for security reasons), check this out."

There, my partner was holding a 9 millimeter, unused bullet.

We took it to our managers, where I'm assuming either an investigation got off the ground or a rookie Secret Service agent got his bullets back. No word if said secret service agent was required to sing Lynyrd Skynyrd's sacred hymn "Gimme Back My Bullet(s)" as per Tennessee law.

So, thoughts? Conspiracy theories? Furious debatation?

I assume, in hindsight, we shouldn't have picked up the bullet and touched it everywhere.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

No word if said secret service agent was required to sing Lynyrd Skynyrd's sacred hymn "Gimme Back My Bullet(s)" as per Tennessee law.

Not sure what to make of the rest of the story at all. Its not like someone would let a guy in with a gun that has no bullets in it (who's he gonna shoot with no bullets? Nobody, that's who!).

 

[Cutlass]

Maybe you had a really incompetent assassin wander through.

 

[Silurian]

You don't need a gun to fire a bullet.

 

[Cutlass]

It really does kinda help though....

 

[Darth Caesar]

Did anything else unusual happen that day?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Did anything else unusual happen that day?

About 4 or 5 OWS supporters heckled him. From the video I found of the incident, though, none were near where the bullet was found.

 

[Bugfatty300]

This was a cartridge right? And not a bullet lying all by itself? If it was the latter then that would be a little more unusual but I assume you mean a cartridge.

Do you remember what was writting on the base? Was it a hollow point or did it look like a full metal jacket? Did it look dull and corroded or was it bright and shiny? Was there an indent on the primer or was it completely smooth?

Theory 1: Secret Service
Pretty sure Secret Service wouldn't be walking around with loose cartridges in their pockets.

Bugfatty Theory 1: Just a cartridge.
It's just a cartridge someone had in their pocket and it fell out. I mean I used to have them rolling around my car like loose change before cleaning them all out.

In high school I attended JROTC event at a National Guard installation and the pockets of a cammo jacket I was given were filled with .22 Long Rifle cartridges. I told one of the NG instructors and he just shrugged his shoulders and said "they aren't dangerous."

 

[Mr. Dictator]

This was a cartridge right? And not a bullet lying all by itself? If it was the latter then that would be a little more unusual but I assume you mean a cartridge.

Do you remember what was writting on the base? Was it a hollow point or did it look like a full metal jacket? Did it look dull and corroded or was it bright and shiny? Was there an indent on the primer or was it completely smooth?

1. Ahh, didn't know there was a real distinction, but yes, a cartridge.

2. Didn't check for writing on the base, looked like a full metal jacket, bright and shiny, and completely smooth.

 

[Bugfatty300]

2. Didn't check for writing on the base, looked like a full metal jacket, bright and shiny, and completely smooth.

Just curious, but if you didn't look at the base then how did you know it was a 9mm or that the primer was smooth?

Full metal jacket; I'd say that rules out any law enforcement. Just checked and the SS uses .357 SIG or 5.7mm. 9mm FMJ are not very popular self-defense rounds but they're extremely popular for target/practice shooting because "target" 9mm FMJ can be bought for dirt cheap at Wal-Mart.

Bright and shiny; Probably recently purchased or well stored before being lost.

Completely smooth; So it wasn't a misfired cartridge dropped by a would be assassin who managed to not be noticed by the crowd.

I'd say, very shortly before your event, someone purchased some ammo (or took some out their safe) took a trip to a range. When they were finished they put a few lose rounds that didn't get fired in their pocket. They wore the same pants to your event and one ended up falling out when they pulled out a cell/wallet/keys/bills/etc.

Can't really imaging a scenario that involves foul play unless one slipped out of a spare magazine of someone up to no good.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Just curious, but if you didn't look at the base then how did you know it was a 9mm or that the primer was smooth?

Well, I looked it over, but didn't check specifically for writing.

I say it was a 9mm because one of the gun enthusiasts I work with said so as soon as we showed him.

As for the rest, no issues at all.

 

[Bugfatty300]

Any of these seem familiar?

3rd from left is the cheap target ammo I was talking about.