Photo in link is a Nerf looking Glock 19 kit.

https://www.facebook.com/21507...428859550592846/?d=n

For Immediate Release: 03/18/2021
Catawba County, NC-

Firearm Disguised as Toy Seized During Search Warrant

On Wednesday, March 13 2021, Narcotics Investigators with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office, Hickory Police Department and the Newton Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence on Old Catawba Road in Catawba, N.C. Investigators searched this residence after gathering evidence of narcotics possession at that location.

During this search investigators seized quantities of cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana. Investigators also seized approximately $2,300.00 in United States Currency and twenty firearms consisting of pistols, rifles and shotguns.

One of these weapons, a converted Glock model 19 pistol with a fifty round drum magazine, had been altered to resemble a toy Nerf gun. Firearms of this type, while not illegal to possess, are concerning to law enforcement. Firearms, in general, are commonly seized in conjunction with searches were felony amounts of narcotics are present.

Damien Alonzo Burch (35 yoa) a Catawba resident, was arrested and charged with felonious possession of cocaine, felonious possession of mushrooms and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Burch was issued a $20,000.00 unsecured bond and had a first appearance in Catawba County District Court on 03/18/2021.

Sheriff Brown: “Another success resulting from our area Narcotics Teams working together. Our agencies pooling their resources allows for a greater impact to be felt county wide”.

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Information Provided by:
Captain Aaron Turk
Public Information Officer
Catawba County Sheriff’s Office
aturk@catawbacountync.gov

That's just down right immoral and dirty.

Unable to view the linked facebook article. It wants me to log in.

It’s as bad as you can imagine. As bad ideas go, this is a tree topper.

Here is the same story different link.

https://www.policemag.com/5992...c_id=6344g1842712c4z

That's a MCK (micro conversion kit). I think the terms "altered" and "converted" are being used a bit loosely.

It's a Glock and a stock kit that's been painted and labeled as Nerf.

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It's a Glock and a stock kit that's been painted and labeled as Nerf.

Yes, but someone spent a LOT of time doing a very good job of it. To include painting the drum mag.

That's an impressive, even professional, looking job.

No Facebook here, can somebody post a picture?

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Yes, but someone spent a LOT of time doing a very good job of it. To include painting the drum mag.

That's an impressive, even professional, looking job.

That's a cultural thing. They do it to cars and other items too. They take these items and brand them to other well known brands.

Even that aside, I've seen all sorts of modified firearms which were done with the intent to modify them as opposed to actually disguise them for nefarious purposes. A Nintendo pistol stands out.

I seem to recall another somewhat recent seizure that involved a shotgun made to look like a supersoaker.

*added* Here it is.

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No Facebook here, can somebody post a picture?

It’s Nerf, or nothin’...

You know what this does it creates a situation when split seconds count on life or death decisions giving an edge to the weapon holder. Does the LEO shoot a person holding a nerf gun, or a super soaker? Or a teen or child holding a nerf gun or super soaker looking real weapon?

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You know what this does it creates a situation when split seconds count on life or death decisions giving an edge to the weapon holder.

Yep. I watched the film Dredd recently, in which one bad guy (who was dressed as a cop) makes the following statement:

"I've got them cold. If I see (good guy cop) first, I'll shoot them. If they see me first, they'll hesitate, and I'll shoot them."

People still watch Judge Dredd? Lol

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People still watch Judge Dredd? Lol

There's a newer version, with Karl Urban. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/

Still not fine cinema, but way better than the older, cheesier Stallone flick from the 90s.

Kind of clever actually.

NERF-The original Drastic Plastic!

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Seized

Long time ago I was driving down a farm road to a sporting clays event, and there was an organized air rifle competition going on at the same time on an adjoining property. While driving past, a teenage fella raised his AR15 replica air rifle and tracked me down the road, pointing it at ME. When I passed him he was only 10 feet outside the passenger side window, still pointing at me the whole time. That gave me the creeps. He obviously didn't understand what he was doing, but he wasn't so young as to not know better. I was doing my best to assume it was a bona fide air rifle instead of the real deal, because it was an exact replica down to the details as far as I could tell, but without anything like a plastic orange muzzle cap or other identifying feature to designate it as a replica etc.

Sort of the exact opposite of this situation here. When you think about it, it's the exact same problem, just a different color or sorts.

I can tell you this, based on this new information (to me), I won't be driving past any new toys pointed at me, regardless of color or any "identifying" features.

That's messed up.