ATF Toy Gun Confiscation

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Old Fart

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Left coast.......don't think I can say anything else and stay out of trouble.
$12,000 for 30 airsoft gun at wholesale?
Thems some fine airsofts. $400 a piece.......
 

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This is one of the dumbest things I've ever read. But it does sound like the store owner is going to sue, why else would they value the shipment so high...especially if they are the "cheap ones?"
 

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Left coast.......don't think I can say anything else and stay out of trouble.
$12,000 for 30 airsoft gun at wholesale?
Thems some fine airsofts. $400 a piece.......

It doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility. Here are some fairly pricey ones:
http://www.kapowwe.com/jg-m16a4-custom.html

http://www.opsgear.com/index/page/p...Quality+Full+Metal+Model+4+Tactical+-+Airsoft

http://ontargetairsoft.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1&page=1&sort=3d

Now granted, i'm no airsoft guru. But just the price alone for these airsoft guns doesn't make me want to raise my eyebrows over the price that the storeowner claimed his confiscated shipment was worth.

They were imported guns IIRC, so they might have been the brand of airsoft guns in the last link which are made in Taiwan and which are known for their high quality (and price apparently)

That said, this does kinda make the BATFE look like a bunch of idiots
 

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Don't take much to make BATF look like a bunch of idiots. Would like to see the agent receive orders from the court to publicly prove his little conversion theory in real time. He has put the thing up to his shoulder and fire the converted weapon himself using live proof ammo. Shurlock wouldn't be that stupid would he?
 

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You cannot fix stupid.

It's too bad they can't tax it THAT would fix our debt problem and give most of us a big refund to boot.

JPFO has a video called The Gang where they show a BATFE document that pretty much says that the BATFE considers a shoestring (yes, the thing you tie your shoes with) to be a machine gun. (I believe it was actually attached to a gun in such a way to allow it to bump fire.)

Some of the conclusions that are drawn or inferred in the video (by JPFO and interviewees) might be a stretch to convince a jury with but...every gun owner should watch it anyway.

I own a copy if anyone in the Tulsa area wants to borrow it.
 

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