Merrick Garland gets a machine gun for retirement?!

[Greg_In_SF]

What the ever loving fuck is this shit?!

Link to tweet

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[CentralMass]

1. I assume the magazine is appropriately loaded with blanks.

[Skittles]

3. oh, SNAP!

[Think. Again.]

7. 🏆 !

[LeftInTX]

2. Is it real?

[LeftInTX]

4. A machine gun forum says it's a Denix replica

https://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?/topic/29128-fbi-director-christopher-wray-gives-attorney-general-merrick-garland-a-tommy-gun-as-a-going-away-present/
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I don't know shit about firearms....

[Kaleva]

5. The tweet states it wasn't a machine gun

[Think. Again.]

6. They're just not trying to hide it anymore.

[Initech]

8. We really live in the worst timeline!

[usonian]

9. Used by Robert Stack as Eliot Ness

Background:
https://13thdimension.com/13-things-to-know-for-the-untouchables-65th-anniversary/

[Straw Man]

10. It's a semi-auto version.

Therefore, it's not a machine gun. It's a "tommy gun" in appearance only. However, it meets several states' criteria of an "assault weapon," and the fifty-round drum magazine is illegal in 13 states.

An interesting question is whether Garland, as a former law enforcement officer, gets an exemption from these bans.

EDIT TO ADD: From the link provided above, it appears that it is not a firearm at all -- just an airsoft replica: essentially a neutered BB-gun.