tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post6617769440136903837..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: Airsoft Insanity. ATF, having plunged its left arm in a pot of boiling oil over pistol grip shotguns, sticks its right in over Airsoft "machine guns."Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-33858002964676936592010-11-12T06:42:33.664-06:002010-11-12T06:42:33.664-06:00Related story: The EPA acting in conjunction with ...Related story: The EPA acting in conjunction with Obama's General Motors, just ran a test which resulted in a new 'gas guzzler tax' being passed to all Ford automobiles.<br />By merely taking a Ford Focus, they found that by removing the front seat, removing the transverse four cylinder engine and firewall, and welding extensions to the frame and slightly modifying the steering linkage, an old, 4bbl carbureted 454 GMC high torque tow truck engine could be made to fit into the space, thus rendering the Focus a EPA city rating of 8 miles per gallon. Thus, prices on the little Ford, due to its potential use as a gas guzzler, will be raised by an extra twelve thousand dollars to cover taxes and carbon offsets/<br />Better buy a Chevy from the government. Like you're intended to. THEY know what's best for you@<br /><br />So far, no word on what criminal penalties await kids who use 6 foot lengths of PVC tubing to launch bottle rockets, pretending that they are bazookas or RPGs.Erkl Holderhttp://didIdothat?whitehouse.gubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-63983430321856612252010-11-11T22:45:48.855-06:002010-11-11T22:45:48.855-06:00Any of those airsoft lowers really made of metal? ...Any of those airsoft lowers really made of metal? How much punishment does an AR lower actually take?<br /><br />Might be a source of backup parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-71965750937517518622010-11-11T20:23:23.477-06:002010-11-11T20:23:23.477-06:00Aluminum tent poles, bamboo walking canes, cellulo...Aluminum tent poles, bamboo walking canes, cellulose foam pool noodles. All potential AR lowers.<br /> Stop the madness.Defendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-91884489664472843612010-11-11T19:33:02.933-06:002010-11-11T19:33:02.933-06:00Ree-frickin-dickahlusss...Ree-frickin-dickahlusss...Dedicated_Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375339835638311982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-21272920998181461432010-11-11T19:21:59.318-06:002010-11-11T19:21:59.318-06:00When the next Revolutionary War comes I hope and p...When the next Revolutionary War comes I hope and pray that those poor stupid bastards on the other side are using converted Airsoft weapons. If so it won't last long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-73275849805872050662010-11-11T17:36:24.217-06:002010-11-11T17:36:24.217-06:00Except that these lowers aren't, in fact "...Except that these lowers aren't, in fact "interchangeable" - until the feds redrill a couple of holes and modify the mnagazine chamber, etc. Of course I can take a solid block of plastic or metal and stick it in a mill and produce an AR lower, so I guess those plastic and metal blocks are also AR lowers at least according to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-90857351771565302542010-11-11T14:39:23.950-06:002010-11-11T14:39:23.950-06:00So, if you make a AR lower, that is interchangeabl...So, if you make a AR lower, that is interchangeable with every other AR lower, and that can be used without modification with any AR upper - including an M16 upper - BATF will consider it an AR lower, and treat it as a firearm as they do every other AR lower, even if you originally ship it with a Airsoft upper.<br /><br />What a surprise.jdegehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495457567906071678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-76991761584303276992010-11-11T14:31:11.237-06:002010-11-11T14:31:11.237-06:00The Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), ...The Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), and its implementing regulation, 27 CFR 478.11, define the term "firearm," in part, as "any weapon...including a starter gun...which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;<br /><br />I hate to be all hair splitty. But i thought gunpowder was a,(flammable solid). Not an,(explosive). <br />They might have redefined it. But i know the handling and storage of gunpowder is completely different from blackpowder. Which is considered an explosive.....mthead IIIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-49448333346549630392010-11-11T13:56:35.047-06:002010-11-11T13:56:35.047-06:00Now I'm no expert, but I'm fairly certain ...Now I'm no expert, but I'm fairly certain that my M16 wasn't a machinegun...<br /><br />31BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-85135846999993223862010-11-11T12:49:03.401-06:002010-11-11T12:49:03.401-06:00This is getting exciting. Disenfranchising all tho...This is getting exciting. Disenfranchising all those young toy-gun gamers who have no political knowledge or beliefs, or, better yet, are Left-leaning...<br /> "Bwaaains!"<br /> "Oh, sowwy, ATF, you'wah fwesh owt. I'll twy someone else."Defendernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-40726525116720956042010-11-11T11:36:31.801-06:002010-11-11T11:36:31.801-06:00"The M-16 is a military style combat machineg..."The M-16 is a military style combat machinegun. " <br /><br />Really?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com