Quote Originally Posted by illuminati
"The potentially lethal weapons are often converted by criminals to fire real bullets, and can be bought easily in high-street shops and on websites."

This is totally and wholly unture.
Aye, you're correct. Airsoft guns (which it probably was) DO look very real. However, they are usually significantly smaller than their real counterparts. They are also usually made out of plastic, especially the barrels. It's simply impossible to make one of these toys fire bullets. They usually use springs or CO2 to shoot their BB's. Whoever wrote that last part is probably retarded. Literally. Like....has down syndrome or something.