Its a shame but sadly this is the way of the World now. Dont buy this type of thing overseas. Wait until you are home and buy them locally.

In the photo above they don’t look like the type that are foam.
If you tried to take them into or leave some of the Asian countries you would be thrown into gaol

Unbelievable, how could this even pose a threat !! I think this is just airport staff doing difficult and showing their need for control and power. Poor boy !

Looks like it might be best to ask before shopping anywhere what you aren’t allowed to bring back to Australia. I do feel for the young boy though.

I think this was actually the parents being thoughtless.

Not sure how they pose a threat. I was going to suggest they should go into ‘under the plane’ checked luggage, but seemingly they did. A bit of an overreaction, I think.

A hard lesson to learn for the little boy. The warning hopefully will save others from this. Still do not see how this was a threat .

I understand that they look like guns, but seriously, they were in checked baggage and any idiot could tell they were just toys! Poor kid 🙁

Wise not to buy these type of toys – airport security and rules vary from country to country and better to be cautious than have them confiscated and have tears.

What I don’t understand is what was the threat if they were in the checked luggage. And further, you can buy them in Australia too, so why confiscating them? Poor child.

poor kid but better to stop the toys going through before the people making guns make them to look like toys to get them through security

I feel sorry for this youngster, but airport security is very important too.