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They just seized $20,000 worth of machine.... that is to say, BB guns that shoot plastic BBs.
They're keeping us safe from plastic BB shooting airsoft rifles.
ATF Dodges FOIA, Still Has Seized BB Guns (Part IV)
They're keeping us safe from plastic BB shooting airsoft rifles.
ATF Dodges FOIA, Still Has Seized BB Guns (Part IV)
It was only a month ago that a bizarre story broke in the Pacific Northwest, as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers trumpeted their seizure of what they claimed were more than two dozen machine guns disguised as toys.
The problem with the CBP claim was that the items seized were 16 WE TTI (WE Tech) M4A1 and 14 WE TTI (WE Tech) M4 CQBR gas blowback Airsoft rifles that shoot plastic BBs.
They really were toys.
But instead of admitting they can’t tell a toy gun from a real one, CBP turned these Airsoft rifles over to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the agency agreed that these pot-metal made, plastic BB-shooting plinkers were honest-to-God firearms.