Slow times at the office ATF?

I wonder if this is really about something else. I can't believe the guy giving the total bs reason that they could easily be made into fully automatic machine guns though.

http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/ne...eRrqgIQaA.cspx

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The Martins said they buy their stock from Taiwan because the merchandise is less expensive. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives seized a shipment of 30 in October. That shipment is worth around $12,000 and the ATF is promising to destroy the entire shipment.

Special Agent Kelvin Crenshaw said the toys can be easily retro-fitted into dangerous weapons.

"With minimal work it could be converted to a machine gun," Crenshaw said.

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How on earth could they be made into real weapons? They're Airsoft rifles!!!

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Originally Posted by ryanek9freak

How on earth could they be made into real weapons? They're Airsoft rifles!!!

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Like you really don't know. [Coffee]

Guys, step back from the keyboard. Take a breath. Keep the profanity down to a dull roar. Please.

Now if they fell into the habds of "The Little Rascals" I could see them becoming dangerous.

This is ridiculous. First, they are toys, not Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, or Explosives. How is this any different than confiscating and threatening to destroy fertilizer?

Like I said, there has to be more to this story than what is reported.

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Originally Posted by Hoser

Guys, step back from the keyboard. Take a breath. Keep the profanity down to a dull roar. Please.

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Fine, I'll tone it down I suppose. I just can't believe that the ATF would waste their time on a bunch of toys. That's going a little overboard.

This has been happening for many years mostly with customs not the ATF most cases theses guns can not be converted to full auto real steel weapons you would still need the parts and kits for the internals to do so. alot of airsoft rifles are made with cheap metal and parts."pot metal mostly" these are the AEG and electric RC toys that run on gears and motors.

The only rifles that the ATF have gone after in the past are the gas operated rifles which use Green gas which is silicon and propane mix they have banned some gas rifles that where close to the real steel counterparts like the bolt and trigger system which ATF didn't like so they stopped them form getting imported into the states.

this is what i know since i used to be into airsoft.

wow, seems like a waste of time and energy and tax dollars to me.

maybe they know something we don't know about airsoft.....those guys have all the good shit and 1/3 the price!

City firearms discharge laws typically apply to bb-guns and airsoft guns too, guess the feds wanna get in on that too.