Gee, I hope so.
I can see making a mistake in visual identification.
Airsoft guns, especially the high-end Japanese stuff, are designed to look and feel as close to the real thing as possible. Shooting a kid with an airsoft gun is a perfectly logical mistake.
However, confusing the function and potential of these is just stupid.
Holy crap. A $400 toy rifle?
PING!
Wont Washington’s new Supreme Court Ruling take care of this?
These are fantastic weapons that are great for training without using the high-cost of live ammo!
It sounds like the ATF has found a way to ban all firearms.Just make a claim they can easily be converted to fully automatic weapons.
Is this like the computer upgrade where you disconnect the power cord from the computer, throw away the computer and put in a new one, but claim that it is just a parts upgrade because you kept the cord? I've don't those to avoid idiots in accounting at some places where you just claim to be buying a few upgrade parts like the motherboard, CPU, case, disk drive, DVD drive and power supply, but didn't want to have to justify a capital purchase of a whole new computer.
I would love to see the BATFE test one of these with a real 5.56 Nato round. Lets take a look at the physics:-
The airsoft gun fires a .2gr plastic BB pellet at about 480fps, using a CO2 gas pulse of about 15 to 50 psi.
A real AR-15 fires a 55gr FMJ bullet at about 3,200 fps, using a controlled gunpowder explosion at chamber pressures of about 60,000psi.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BATFE imbeciles, do the test and fire a 5.56 NATO round from this toy gun. Also make sure that you have a nice group of observers tightly grouped around the gun to experience the results.
Stupid as stupid does.
BATF, like ANY government bureaucracy, is ALWAYS seeking ways to EXPAND their authority and power.
By doing so, they can justify increased staff, which justifies upgrading the salary of existing employees who then can move on to supervisory titles.
This is the great danger involved in creating a bureaucracy. It becomes a self-fulfilling entity with a life of its own.
The fact is, the U.S. does NOT need a special police force to just deal with gun crimes, liquor crimes and cigarette crimes.
ATF should be dissolved and those of its staff thought fit to be retained, incorporated into the FBI.
This was one of Reagan’s unaccomplished goals.
My suspicion is his idiot Vice-President was one of the culprits involved in derailing that idea.
I’m sure just like my MP5 airsoft gun can easily shoot 9mm. What a bunch of morons.
I guess no one at the ATF has a degree in chemistry or physics.
No biggie. Let the cretins at BATF get their panties in a wad over this one.
Numerous studies have proven that a decent marksman with a properly sighted semi-auto can be MORE effective than some clown running around “spraying and praying”, wearing out barrels and pissing away precious ammo with a full auto.
Let the motto be “One shot. One kill.”
This function allows for realistic training which mimics the real rifle.
With the advent of the WE M4, SWAT teams, Law Enforcement, and any other individuals who are interested in training in a tactical environment have the perfect tool.
That's the real problem. Can't have Joe Citizen practicing small unit tactics.
This is like saying noone should drive SUVs because you can fit them with bulletproof glass and armored doors...
I play airsoft. My gear is very realistic, even down to my plate carrier loadout. But I can tell you that these things just do not have the physical capacity to withstand the force behind even a .223 round.
The designs don’t allow for cartridges. These people are completely stupid along with truly evil.
You’ll put your eye out!!