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  1. Risk of sounding too political here. The police cuts whilst a major factor, Is not as big a factor to the increase in crime as the massive cuts made to the social safety net and crime prevention programs over the past decade. Public money has been directed away from crime prevention schemes and put into the lucrative punishment system (For private profit). Prevention has always been more effective at cutting crime then increasing punishments. Prevention and support can help stop people turning to crime in the first place. If people are desperate enough to turn to crime to survive then an increase in the severity and length of punishment will not deter them ncommitting crime. The cuts described in the first paragraph have affected the bottom rung of society first and worst, and there are still many poor and predominantly minority inhabited areas in London. Kids are turning to what is possibly the only way they see "out" of their situation through crime. (Again due to lack of services that could have encouraged otherwise; which have been cut to the bone or just plain no longer exist). And like any job, people who commit crimes need tools to do that job; transport, weapons and exploitation of others on the same or lower rung of society. Hence mopeds, toy guns and lots of knives. The crime we see reported in London starts and ends with those worse off, fighting over the few measly crumbs that are thrown to them. Raise the security net, invest in prevention and crime will drop (eventually, it's not an instant transformation).
    6 points
  2. This is what bothered me about the whole thing. I’m black and when I was this on the news I was instantly cheesed off as to how this was portrayed. I felt the news focussed on the fact that they were black and not really focussed on the gun. I totally agree with the police response, as how are they supposed to know if it is a fire arm or a RIF. The mother said that they should knock on the door to ask if it was real or not - come on, what madness is this! If I did something like that, brandishing one of my RIF’s in the front window, I would expect some kind of police response at that level. My neighbours fully know what I do. On this occasion I believe the police did was correct. Rant over, stay safe everyone.
    4 points
  3. Just wanted to expand on it a little! Ultimately being poor is the most obvious route to crime. Unfortunately its obvious that having so many people in poverty is a political choice. Sadly we have had nearly 40 years of "business friendly" governments.
    3 points
  4. This thread has kinda taken a bit of a side alley into a dodgy part of town 🤔 😆
    3 points
  5. In conjunction with a culture that assures you that you deserve to be rich, irrespective of your ability or application. Productivity is the tide that raises all boats. Fully-automated-luxury-communism, we'll get it right next time, comrades.
    2 points
  6. Thanks for all your help guys, it went with an almighty crack (my hands and the rifle 🤣) Alas it was all in vein as the Nurpol Bocca tracer unit is 2mm too big in diameter to fit in the handguard 😥 Had to just stick a Lighter 5 unit on it instead
    2 points
  7. The way it comes across to me is OP is seemingly trying to project a very hush, hush, "you know if you know" kind of mystique around his group as if he's recruiting for some actual military/government agency that is so secretive, it doesn't state what it's all about in the job description. Now, if this is how he wants to go about matters, that's fine, it just comes across a bit walty imo. Just update an existing post. No need for new threads with zero new information. OK, "things have changed", state the changes. You can't be arsed to type it out but you're going to have to anyway if someone PMs you. I'm sure you're probably missing out on possible new recruits due to your unnecessarily secret post.
    2 points
  8. Hi Sam, I'm Ryan from Sheffield and am yet to go on my first battle. I was hoping to go to the Stan but it's closed at the moment. Where have you been looking to go? Does anyone have any recommendations or n where to go near Sheffield whilst the Corona virus is with us? I also need some Airsoft friends!!
    2 points
  9. You may arrest, but you can also choose to interview under caution (PACE Code E and CJPO Section 34 apply to interviews under caution), and arrest only if the suspect is uncooperative. One difference (which you may or may not think is significant) is that US travel visas ask about arrests, not just convictions. I'd also have to disclose it in security vetting to UK and Septic agencies. Which is why I'm glad to see that Kai in this case was explicitly de-arrested, something that I don't believe happened to... I vehemently disagree with the decision to arrest in that case as well. It seems that the chap was fully cooperating and volunteering information: there was no actual need to arrest him. And I don't buy the argument that arrest protects the suspect. Caution, and emphasise their rights, which are by and large the same as if they're arrested, including access to a solicitor. I mean no disrespect here, police have a tough enough job as it is. However, I personally would be more inclined to cooperate if a lighter hand were used, and that cooperation would cease the instant an arrest were made - I'll take my chances with adverse inferences. Are you new to the internet?
    2 points
  10. Sorry didn't read it all ,although I think it was a detonator slide but not sure now but they can vary in fit with models and slide types. tend to be pretty decent though even if they need a little fettling.
    2 points
  11. djben9

    Invisibility Shield

    do you think it would work at home so i could hide from the wife and kids?
    2 points
  12. For those arguing about self defence etc. Please see the legislation regarding your (public) use of Force Powers: Use of Force under Common Law: You have the right, to use reasonable force as necessary to protect yourself, others or property from an attack, and in doing so may use a preemptive strike. Also to prevent a breach of peace The force used must be reasonable, a person must prove that the force used was reasonable. So an example would be, you're minding your own business along the streets, some person accosts and squares up to you looking for a punch up (the usual, raised fists, gritted teeth, eyes like a wild animal), says hes gonna knock your lights out. Now understandably you dont really want to be hit, so you punch him first, he goes down for the count and you walk away. FINE, the force was reasonable, you believed that you were about to be assaulted and so used a premptive strike to knock him down and only once punch (or as many to stop you from being assaulted). Now same story, but this time after your would be assailant falls to the floor and yields or no longer is a threat, you then proceed in anger to stamp on his head, that may be a bit too far. Use of Force under S3 Criminal Law Act A person may use such force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime, or in effecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of offenders or suspected offenders or of persons unlawfully at large. For the above, think security guards and shoplifters. Shoplifter shoplifts, security guard believes a crime is in effect being committed, he goes to detain the shoplifter, they get violent and security guard grapples with them. As far as i see it, reasonable use of force to lawfully detain someone. Bare in mind, even if you think you had every right to use the above legislation during an incident, you may still be arrested. Arrested does not equal charged and accused, its part of the investigative procedure, consider that one of the often reasons for arrest is a "Prompt and Effective Investigation" by way of a Recorded Interview. That last part is important as interviews are often done in accordance to PACE Act 1984. Also See "IDCOPPLAN" and Section 24 PACE 1984. Case in point was Richard Osborn-Brooks, an elderly man who stabbed a Burglar in his home and killed him. It was quite high profile. Essentially a male called Henry Vincent burgled Osborn-Brooks' home, threatening him and his elderly wife with a screw driver, one of the burglars ran when he inadvertently picked up a knife to defend himself with. The other (Vincent) decided to run at him and ended up stabbed, dying a few hundred metres from the burglary. Now a man is dead and Mr Osborn-Brooks has the bloodied knife, he was arrested, yes, but never accused by officers (in fact i wouldn't be surprised if he got the star treatment at the station). He was interviewed by officers in order to get his, unabridged, untainted and exact circumstances, in fact if anything the arrest and interview was to protect him too. Oh and just for the hive mind there is one more Use of Force power that no public can use, only those that hold the "office of constable" or have powers granted to them by PACE such as immigration officers, water bailiffs etc. That is Section 117 PACE Act 1984. It allows the above mentioned people to use force when exercising anyone of their legal powers granted to them (often under PACE). So when an officer arrests someone and use force (such as applying cuffs) its under S117 PACE. And officer can turn up, cuff someone under Common Law, then arrest them and it auto converts to S117. Officers also follow the Human Right act and the National Decision Model (all boring legislative stuff).
    2 points
  13. Hi all, I decided to start with Airsoft again after 8 years and I would like to buddy up with someone around my location to go play with together. I played for 4 years in Czech Republic and stop when I moved to London. So I don't know anyone in this country to play with and as (I believe) most of you know go play by yourself is not best feeling. So is here someone around Stratford (London) or close East London area that would take one team mate under their wing? Thanks for responses Your truly Angry Pete
    1 point
  14. I've watch too many videos on YouTube about airsoft for too many years. Finally got my 1st ak21 with a decent sight on it, only one battery tho and I'm starting to read that I could do with more and a better charger lol got my bbs and my carry case but i dont have any form of face gard yet. I am the only person I know that has any interest in airsoft and I just cant bring myself to go on my own to a airsoft site near me (Rotherham/Sheffield) It's a bit of a cringe to say all this but I need some airsoft friends lol. I know covid has messed everything up for everyone so I'd more then likely attend once it's all calmed down. But getting to know some people before I attended would help massively. My name is Sam and I'm 29, friendly and down to earth. Hope to talk to everyone soon Thank you 🤜🤛
    1 point
  15. I'm going to my first game since lockdown, haven't found any battlebrothers in the UK yet (downside of moving to a difderent country) but I'm beyond caring. I'm gonna go there by myself with an open mind and make friends, even if it'll be just for that day. As long as you kinda know what you're doing (point your rifle at the enemy and don't forget to pull the trigger every now and then) you'll be fine. If you lived any closer to me I'd go with you in a heartbeat, a bit too much travel tho.
    1 point
  16. You'll make some airsoft friends the instant "GAME ON!" is shouted. Or before that if you ask about their toy gnus in the safezone. I cannot Über-emphasise how welcoming a hobby airsoft is. <do-it.gif>
    1 point
  17. Rogerborg

    Hello All

    That's not airsoft, that's specific players at one site, or cads on YouTube with clickbait "CHEETAR PUNSHED WITH FACESHOOT!!!1!!" videos. It's still predominantly just overgrown kids with toy guns, and you can be the change you want to see. (Oh, and welcome, do you like custard and Haribo?)
    1 point
  18. Caj109

    AK2M4

    Just received my package from Pete, quick and prompt delivery. I accidently selected two of one item and messaged him to change it to one and he was quick in refunding me the overcharge! Top notch service 👍
    1 point
  19. Myself and George play out sometimes. I am based in Dagenham just down the road. I am kind of useless unless you like my company as I cannot drive! I typically head out on the train Essex way to go to a site. But I tend to go to as many as I can get to on Public transport. Check out the SE Tour reviews in the Skirmish review part of the forum. That will give you a good overview of what's around.
    1 point
  20. it's a tricky business putting yourself out there, and you're right about the confusion so typing it out would definately be helpful to clarify things. i mean currently what we have to go on (at least those of us who don't remember previous threads) are "clique" "pts/milsim" and "things have changed" coupled with a picture of people who appear to have a lot of disposable income (assuming those are all real nods), and that does paint a certain picture in peoples minds as to what they're dealing with which may or may not be having the desired effect. different people have different personalities, folk can certainly be pretty "direct" with their opinions on here, personally i try to play things a bit more political but each to their own. i'd suggest updating the current thread, whilst drama doesn't look good imo it doesn't look as bad as trying to cover it up, better being open about these things.
    1 point
  21. It’s slander if spoken, publishing false statements would be defamation. Stating an opinion is neither, claiming something false that damages reputation is slander or defamation depending on the medium. Could everyone just have a hug and go play however you like
    1 point
  22. Yo I live near stratford - not in a team or anything though - just various combos of friends and mutuals. Gotta say ive not got any skirmishes near london planned just yet but drop me a PM if you want. George
    1 point
  23. there's nothing inherently wrong with doing up a gun how you want, as long as you aren't under any illusions that you are reducing your target market.
    1 point
  24. @Asomodai - I completely agree with you. It wasn't my intention to ignore other factors which have had a significant contribution. Just to go back to the original topic, while there's little more to be said or done about this particular incident, I think it's safe to say that this is a prime example of why it is so important to try make people aware of all the ins and outs of the hobby. It is unfortunate that we will no doubt see similar incidents to this one as it is most definitely nothing new.
    1 point
  25. There was when the system for advertising sales was changed, yeah.
    1 point
  26. Buy a gun to enjoy it do what ever you want to it. just always assume any paint job will lose by value.
    1 point
  27. Sunday 9th August - Wolverhampton Woodland ONLY £27!! There are still places available so make sure you get in on the pewpew action and Book Now 👉👉 https://www.aceairsoft.co.uk/book-an-airsoft-game/sunday-9th-august-2020-wolverhampton.html Hope to see some of you guys there
    1 point
  28. That's exactly why I'd probably never sell any of my main guns. They've all been built from parts or boneyard guns and have had hundreds pumped into building them exactly how I want them but I know if it came to selling them, they wouldn't sell for more than £300
    1 point
  29. When I had mine it fit perfectly and ran pretty well.
    1 point
  30. Really varies from slide to slide. It's likely you'll will need to need to file here and there to enable it to run smoothly. Also you might even have to modify the outer barrel. A lot of the aftermarket manufacturers copied the shape of Marui's design but didn't factor-in that the TM outer barrel flexes a bit as it's plastic, whereas a metal outer barrel won't. Funnily enough I've just put a metal slide and guarder frame on my G17. It certainly looks and feels much nicer but as you mentioned, it does affect cool weather performance. For the price of one of those slide and barrel sets I would recommend keeping your TM as it is and buying a second pistol that comes with a metal slide as standard if you really want "realism"
    1 point
  31. So he joined the forum about two weeks ago, and his only post is this shite advert? I feel we should have a minimum post count before being able to advertise and if they just post up random crap to get to the minimum number, the posts get deleted (I’ve had a bad day at work and am a tad grumpy ✌️)
    1 point
  32. Looks like a Jackson Bollox
    1 point
  33. To me it's one of those things that would work once, then everyone would be wise to it - it's pretty obvious if you know what to look out for. It's also very cool!
    1 point
  34. is there a story of any interest behind that?
    1 point
  35. I'm sure you don't, I'm not particularly looking for a scrap but if you rattle my chain I will bite, so maybe in future you should consider how you word your posts, yours was neither funny or correct. I'm all for a bit of banter but we are discussing crime, it's prevalence & the lawful (& sometimes unlawful) response it solicits.
    1 point
  36. I really like the new viper stuff. I got a jacket and trousers in their sale for £45 - sizing is a bit odd, but the jacket i really dig. Trousers i had to go a size down a they didnt have my size - so a touch tight but surprisingly good. Jacket - like i said odd sizing as it's a bit tight in the shoulders but baggy on the forearms. Mind you, i've yet to try it under a plate carrier. But wearing out on a drizzly, muggy day out to Aldi was really good and breathable. edit: so postie turned up today with the last of my summer spending. TM 417 TM 416 Delta Cyre CPC in chunky lover size
    1 point
  37. Who mentioned a knife ? , not me, in much the same way I never mentioned a bicycle, let's not make assumptions now chaps 😏 No, what's fueling knife crime in London, & most other cities, are thieving low life scrotes who aren't prepared to work for something, they'd rather take somebody else's hard earned, & fuck the consequences/victims.
    1 point
  38. He was on a scooter, almost certainly stolen, possibly a 300cc+ plated as a 125, or just flat out fake or foreign plated. The words "his" and "moped" set me off, we know exactly how he got it, and what he was using it for. In this case, well, Kai's mum thinks that's a "toy" gun. That's what I call mine too, but with the full knowledge that they're not treated as firearms (imitation or otherwise) only by a quirk of legislation. All that said, I'm drawing a clear distinction between a drug dealer riding a stolen scooter without license or insurance, and a kid with a legally held (and hopefully legally obtained) airsoft (R)IF. I very much hope that young Kai there isn't heading down the same route as Jaden and so many others, and until he does, I'll happily side with his right to own that, uh, toy. I'm a biker and I say they should run them off the road, then bill their families for the damage to the cop car, then prosecute them for aiding an offender. "Dunno how he got it, just kids larking about, innit" shouldn't be an excuse.
    1 point
  39. Was a very sad case but my reaction was similar. My very first thought was if he was 14 why was he on a moped? it wasn't his, he couldn't have had it legally so why was he on one. I know loads of kids 'with' mopeds and I always say the same. I work with mostly low income families and when I see their 15/16 year old son on one its always my first question, as usually the answer is drug money. Either bought illegally with drug money, or its nicked/passed around so they can do ride outs or deliver drugs. Therefore they are generally in that 'life' and more often than not involved in suffering in some way. Not that they deserve death, but claiming innocence when you move in those circles is just silly. If you sell drugs, rob people, hang with people who stab others or are involved in a gang then that's the expectation and I have little empathy in these circumstances. Which is shocking considering my job 🤔 Same when they have fatal crashes in cop chases, if they were that innocent why didnt they stop? I am not saying cops should run them off the road (thats another debate) but if they would have stopped then they would be alive.
    1 point
  40. Guilty as charged. I didn't expect they had got one given the swiftness of the response and the lack of night courts (I'd love to see drunks dragged before Magistrates at 2am while they're still kicking off), it's just an interest in what was on the 5x5x5. Safely archived up here. May not be. But yes, in general the images used are "most angelic", not "most recent". Depends on the definition of force. it seems that they knocked and the lad opened the door. That's the only part that I have an issue with, after they'd searched him - it seems that he was left cuffed for the duration of searching the house. I know why they did it, and why they want to - officer safety. It's a concerning trend though: see, for example, the Bianca Williams / Ricardo dos Santos case where they were also cuffed despite not being arrested, or charged with the multiple alleged offences that were claimed as the cause for the stop-and-search. Eh, the sun rose in the East. That's what they said in the Bianca Williams case, before reversing course and issuing an apology for... uh... conducting everything as per their training. I should stress that I do mostly agree with you and think that they had to act. I'm just not a big fan of routine cuffing though, as it fundamentally changes the nature of the relationship between the police and the public - I'm not sure Bobby Peel would be mad keen on it. My initial response to that was "That's dreadful, I hope that poor scooter wasn't too badly damaged and that it got back to its real owner", and nothing that emerged afterwards gave me any cause to regret that knee jerk.
    1 point
  41. TOTALLY agree. I wont go into details as identities can be found out but in my role as a youth worker I know if quite a few young people who have been killed. One recently was shot a number of times. Now I see the tributes on social media and the shrines which pop up and parents claiming 'he was a lovely boy' 'it was wrong place wrong time' or 'mistaken identity' and your right they always choose a smiling picture of them with the family, usually in their Sunday best (Kais pic looked like him and mum just came back from church tbf) and I can see right through it most of the time. The family of the latest lad to be killed claims it was a case 'mistaken identity' but they leave out of the media report he was a knife carrying drug dealer who robbed people. Now dont get me wrong, its sad any life is taken and he didnt deserve to be killed but he was no way an innocent civilian in the local gang war. It was a targeted hit. In my professional role I have to bite my tongue so so much when I see and hear these things. I have seen it with at least 4 kids who have been killed around my way. Its terribly sad but these are the kids who are clearly in the criminal life and get in over their head. Like you say though its not EVERYONE, I know of a kid who WAS killed locally in a robbery not a target or a result of drugs or a silly beef, but in general the families will choose their pictures carefully and not say or know about the darker side to their kids life. Bloody sad as I write this thinking about all the dead kids and other victims I know
    1 point
  42. Got one of these off amazon for 35 quid. Boredom got the better of me whilst waiting for me new shiny expensive stuff. Expected it tail end of September, turned up after 5 days
    1 point
  43. Where did you get the handguard and stock from if you dont mind sharing? I have been saying this for a while, I still have ahalf a box of blasters in the garage. As soon as I am through them I am making the switch. Problem is I only use semi auto and I pick my shots so a bottle can last me ages.
    1 point
  44. Purchases made within last 60 days or so after I’ve found I’m not being laid off and coming back to work: - WE G17 and 4 magazines and Nuprol paddle holster (missing a screw), second hand from user Pigeon_Haris - FAB DEFENSE COBRA folding brace for Glocks from AliExpress - Nuprol NX400 torch&laser combo, extended Glock magazine (Raven or Vorsk, can’t remember - same shit) at Airsoft-Imports.co.uk, waiting to be picked up when I attend next game day.. - Razor UH-1 holographic sight with 3x magnifier from AliExpress (£115 bargain! It’s so good quality that I’m taking it with me on my next holiday and gonna check if it holds zero on real 5.56 firearm) - Magpul copy angled foregrip for M-LOK from AliExpress - CYMA CM.077 Antonov (AK-102 with Magpul style furniture) + 3 high cap magazines + Magpul style foregrip + Nuprol Eotech clone, almost new from user Zargorius - 3 mid-cap CYMA AK magazines (same style as high-caps that came with CM.077) as well as folding Zhukov style stock made by CYMA for said AK, 3x 120rd M4/AR-15 magazines made by Kublai from TaiwanGun.com - ICS HERA CQR SSS with one mag and a 7.4v lipo, upgraded 30k motor and maxx model hop unit with pdi w hold hop rubber. As well as an ICS aluminium o-ring air nozzle and ultimate cylinder head with m95 spring. Second hand from user Keith_1701 - 4x second hand Ares mid cap magazines because said Kublai ones while very nice, they wobble out of ICS HERA.... from user Avi, not here yet as I just made payment - Zenit.co (Chinese copy with trademarks) B10M lower handguard from AliExpress for my CYMA CM.045C (changed handguard to Plum due to lack of availability of wooden handguard sets, original CYMA aluminium handguard is horrendous and makes gun too damn front heavy) - ICS MX5 CES-P MS1 S3 SFS + Nuprol NP Point HD-1 Red Dot Sight (not sure if it’s working, don’t have batteries to try it out) + 11.1v lipo + swordfish rail (assuming CYMA make), 4 ICS hi-cap magazines, CYMA dual-mag hi-cap (that one funnily enough fits and feeds no problem but only SRC mid-caps are fitting this gun, every other make is slightly too big to fit into the mag well), bunch of freebies (patches etc.) via Prefire.co.uk from user Nickorellidimus - 5x SRC 50rnd MP5 “mid-caps” (more like low-caps amrite boys? Mag empty in about 2s firing from new MP5 on 11.1v) from AirsoftPro.cz just because I hate hi-cap rattle with burning rage - shop is good but postage to UK is outlandish... might as well order from HongKong. - got two-tone CZ-P09 with threaded outer barrel and raised sights with 1x CO2 mag and 3x green gas mags from a local dude that figured Airsoft isn’t for him after all, super bargain - need to get unpainted slide though and they seem to be out of stock everywhere... - also was scammed trying to buy two-tone ARP9 but got money back thanks to combined efforts of moderator L3wisD and owner of the KydexCustoms - Taig who has handed over evidence to local police (scammer was from the same city. Thank you again! -Also I have nearly new Tokyo Marui Kel-Tec KSG lined up after payday, sadly without any extras but still a bit cheaper than new from shop so there’s that. Now that I listed all that I’m terrified of myself and if I had a wife, she would definitely rip me a new one and file for a divorce 😂 Do I NEED all of that? Do I have storage space for it? No. But I sure as hell DO WANT it. Now I’m eating nothing but dry rice for the next 3 months 👌🤣 Some of the new arrivals pictured together: Other than Kublai magazines refusing to stay latched inside HERA no lemons. Very pleased overall.
    1 point
  45. Yeah, pricy but useful as you say. Hey, if it works for you 👍
    1 point
  46. Cr0-Magnon

    Heckler Koch Trademarks

    From my understanding as they only really cater for the Japanese market, they don't worry about the licencing side of things. Compare that to WE who make theirs with blank slides and WE logo's on the grips. Not to say TM's trademarks are always 100% accurate of course.
    1 point
  47. I find mp5 's with a railed foregrip aesthetically unpleasant.
    1 point
  48. Because you don't look this cool obviously. they are so good they don't need magazines
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