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People seem to forget in this internet age of instant gratification that sometimes there are delays in manufacturing. Especially if you are having an item made in a foreign country with different schedules/holidays, etc.
I keep waiting for someone to mention this .. how about different concept on the right to bear arms PLUS a very wide catch all as to what consitutes arms PLUS throwing that broad definition of the law across the land to include the manufacturing there of.
As some here know, in Airsoft there has been a nation-wide crack down on owning, selling, manufacturing imitation arms of all types in China which started sometime in 2009, which was a significant year due it's the 60 year anniversary of the CHICOMs taking over China. And whenever there are such dates, the government applies pressure on all fronts to clamp down on everything from prostitution to organized criminals, corruption, and such gray areas as the manufacturing of what under normal times are categorized as toys and argued as for-export-only. At first, the crackdown was shrugged off as nothing out of the ordinary. But more than a year later, there are still NO ONE who dares openly display Airsoft guns for sale at the in-China toy marts where they had been for years past.
Airsofters are still waiting for the factories to start production and getting Airsoft goods in the pipeline, with the current on-going lunar new year holiday as the last hurdle before things are to resume to be normal. As to whether they do and how fast they do if they do remains to be seen.
We do know one thing for certain, China Customs has been order to inspect and when discover seize all goods intended for export-only that are considered imitation arms. And as said, the Commies, unlike American or British Customs who should be considered very reasonable in their operation, are not the sort you can argue with. IF they feel your goods are in the letter of the law illegal, they will seize it and destroy it.
In times past, freight forwarders have worked with their customers to be very creative in declaring their goods. The last seizure out of Shanghai of 15,000 pieces of Airsoft was declared as "art works" didn't work out very well. And with the central government looking over their collective shoulders, routine palm greasing isn't likely to work either.
I had been waiting for someone to put two & two together to see how the current situation as far as anything which slightly resembles firearms are being treated in China will be the real culprit in the delays.
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