ATF is Seizing Toy Guns

koinlocal6.com reports that

A local business owner is flabbergasted after a shipment of 30 toy guns for his store was confiscated by ATF agents in Tacoma.

Original report here.

Airsoft Outlet Northwest has some additional commentary here.

There may be a method to this madness. Do not forget that airsoft toys are used in force-on-force exercises which, I've been told, make the training more realistic. If true, then training with airsoft toys improves a citizen's chances of survival in certain deadly force encounters.

So which do you think the BATFEces want to go up against: A citzen with delusions of being Rambo or one with a more realistic attitude about gunfighting?

Hat tip to David Codrea

ATF Admits They Have a National Gun Registry.

A press release from the New Jersey  Democratic State Committee (Also at JPFO) reveals what peaceable gun owners have suspected for a long time: The ATF is building a national registry of firearms and firearm owners.

E-trace is a nationwide database maintained by the ATF that lists a firearm's first purchaser, date of purchase and the retailer from which it was purchased. The information is compiled from police records of gun purchases provided by local departments, but until today was only accessible by the ATF and the police department that provided it.

This comes as no surprise but it's nice to see to confirmed.  Two immediate consequences I see are:

1. The Brady Bill supposedly made it illegal for any Federal agency to build such a database.  The ATF now admits ignoring the law, cementing the perception of it as a lawless agency.
2. Gun owners who hesitated to act politically because, "I don't want to get on a list" can stop worrying -- you're already on a list -- and start acting.