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… and that is exactly what they did. I heard about this a few days ago. I wasn’t completely shocked by the absurdity of this (it was after all coming out of the ATF), but I was worried with how this investigation was handled.

Customs and Border Protection officers have seized a shipment of 30 guns that arrived by ocean container in Tacoma in a shipment described only as “toys and parts.”
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ATF agents determined that the rifles as shipped from Taiwan were tooled to shoot plastic balls. However ATF says a relatively quick retooling could allow them to fire live ammunition.

I have done airsoft. It’s a fun way to spend a Sun afternoon, and I have a pair of fully automatic airsoft replicas of G36ks. Does this mean with some “retooling” I could turn those into the real thing!? Is my basic level of gunsmithing enough to do this? How much would this “conversion” cost me? I would love to find out what they mean by “readily…converted.”, but none of us will see that for a while as they’ve said the owner needs to file a Freedom of Information Request to get the report. I find it VERY unlikely, knowing as much as do about firearms and airsoft guns, and if I hadn’t confirmed this was true, I’d probably be laughing right now. The ATF just reminds me of a bunch of thugs that are in need of a serious amount of reform. The swamp waters in that organization are pretty deep and slimy.

I also love the media sensationalism of this by not even mentioning the fact they were airsoft guns. They make it sound like they stopped a major shipment from Taiwan of actual machine guns. The media LOVE stories that portray guns in a negative light. They almost NEVER tell about stories where firearms have saved lives and when they do you can usually see this spin on the evens. I hardly watch main stream media anyhow as a result of this. Most of my news and information comes online. At least then I can make my own determinations.