Yeah... I now feel the pain that victims of discrimination face. I'm just a victim of my own stupidity though. The thing was only seized because the FPS wasn't specifically stated in the owner's manual, although all the east crane guns fire at 400FPS, according to the website and other Canadian sites that sell E&C guns. I needed specific information on my specific model of the gun to help with my case, though, since that information was missing from the owner's manual (although I wasn't allowed to take a copy of the owner's manual or get more specific information once they'd taken the thing to the back room).
I'm posting here in case anyone has a similar rifle, or knows of Canadian suppliers / East-Crane distributors that I could contact to get more information, and then forward that information as part of my appeal. I have until the end of the month to make my case stronger, after which point it goes up to lord knows where for another few months of processing and (apparantly) testing the thing before a decision is made. That, or if anyone knows a good lawyer / litigator service to help plead my case or plead for some sort of leniency since it wasn't my intent to bring a replica firearm into the country (I left behind other valuable items in Bangkok to make room for it! Aieee!).
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