Bomb Squad Called, Neighborhood Evacuated, Just to Recover Box of Old AmmoBy Joshua Krause Unfortunately, our fears have finally reached a new level of absurdity. On Saturday, several homes in a San Antonio neighborhood were evacuated by the fire department, and a police bomb squad was called in. The reason? A dusty old box of ammo. Apparently there was a sealed box of 75 rounds of .40 caliber ammo, and it was about 40 years old (though theres some debate about that, since 40 sw is the only commonly used .40 caliber round, and it wasnt invented until 1990). The current residents of the home where this ammo was found, suspect that it was left behind by a veteran who used to live there. And this isnt first time this has happened. The bomb squad was called to the same house a week before to take care of a box of shotgun shells. As for why this is a threat worthy of calling the authorities, the captain of the bomb squad told NBC News that Theyve rusted, theyve been exposed to the weather, elements outside so we definitely want to get them disposed of as quickly as possible. Really? Thats absolutely ridiculous. Rusty ammo is dangerous to shoot and it needs to be disposed of properly, but its not like they will just spontaneously cook off while sitting under a house. It sounds like the bomb squad just needed an excuse to justify its existence, which is easy to do when you live in a paranoid society. Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger. We have all the wrong people in positions of perceived authority. The article highlights facts that the responding personnel should have know if they were honest and competent. This is what passes for personnel engaged in public safety and LEO?? The only thing that truly endangered the people of that area was the complete incompetence of those trying to respond. Liars and con men trying to scare you into thinking you need them. Ill bet a lot of overtime was collected. If we cannot find it within ourselves to demand some intelligence and responsibility from people like those responding we will be enabling more of our own problems and see an escalation. Whats next witch hunts??? I dont blame the civilians in the least some soccer mom wants it moved and at least knows enough not to throw it in the garbage . A responding uniformed officer most probably didnt want to crawl under the house hence the coverall uniformed bomb squad . But the Keystone Coppers response to this neighborhood was just absolutely the most ridiculous action Ive heard of in ages . 