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In basic you will get found not guilty of any offences. You may still have to be interviewd at a station under caution to give your account. Ultimately with UK law it is all about reasonable force. It is all about circumstances around the incident itself and there will be a lot of "what if" questions regarding it but il give you a coupl of examples to answer your question. If you are at home in bed at 3am And are awoken by noises downstairs which you think my be a burglar. You get up and go to check what is going on but before you do you get your RIF handgun from the storage cabinet in the next room just incase for self defence. You then go downstairs and see a burglar in your living room stealing yourstuff, you don't know what he is going to do or what weapons he has on him so you point your RIF at him telling him to stop what he is doing. You or your other half then phones the police who are making there way to you make sure you tell them you have a RIF pointing at the offender. The police arrive and take the burglar away they may also sieze your RIF as evidence and question you at a later date. The other example is that you again are woken up at 3am by an intruder but rather then going to the cabinet/storage you keep your RIF next to you in bed and tell the police that you have it there incase a burglar is going to come into your house. This is seen as excessive as you have already pre-empted someone coming in meaning you already intend to us it and are keeping the RIF next to your bed for this reason. Keeping any form of weapon next to you wether it be a gold club, bat or RIF for the reason of just incase someone comes in is classed as excessive. So in recap yes you can use it as long as you keep it in your cabinet/storage and are using it for self defence only. I know this is quite confusing but I hope it makes sense.

If I was you pal I wouldn't go to uni at all unless you want to be a doctor, teacher or a space engineer. You will end up getting in thousands of pounds in debt which you will be paying off for the rest of your life and with no guarantee of a job at the end of it. If I was you I'd go and get a trade atleast you will have some form of useable skill behind you. Most of my friends went to university and only one of them is actually doing the job they went to university for which is a teacher. The rest of them now do office jobs and are all at the bottom of the ladder. I left school and then went to college but only did that as the job I wanted to do and do now you can't join until you were 18 1/2.

wow it's great listening to all the stories of how you all got into Airsoft and the amount of you who went on your own at first. I got watching Novritsch on YouTube who I think makes awesome videos and it got me into looking more into Airsoft. I think once I got into it I wouldn't be bothered going on my own it's just taking that first leap of going on my Todd for my first Airsoft experience. Luckily for me the first and only Airsoft shop is 5 mins down the road with 2 of there sites both about 20-30 mins drive away. Thanks again for all the replies it's great to here all the stories.

Thanks for all the responses it's great to hear that most of you either started going on your own or have been on your own. I know people say it's geeky running round with a toy gun but the realism of it really acctracts me. Samurai I may just steal that line "wow nice gun" to get a few conversations started.

Hey all I am new to airsoft and have posted in the new players section. I am curious to see how you all started airsoft? I am having trouble drumming up interest with my friends as most of them just want to go paintballing or don't have the money to go more then a couple of times a year. did you all start out going with friends or did you go on your own? Thanks in advance for any replies

I'm gonna Bob down and speak to them before diving in at the deep end. I was looking at the hive online and looks quite good that site is the second nearest to me. There's one in Bolton I think they call it the woods or something. Thank you very much for the advice you never know I may just see you on the field haha

Thanks for all the advice so far. I was looking at that first and only shop online and may Bob in on a day off as it is only 5 mins down the road. I take it your from round the same area cold3lit3?

Hi all im new to the airsoft world and looking at starting up with this new hobby. Everything about airsoft excites me due to the realism of it all and I cant wait to get started. As per the title I live in wigan in Manchester so I am looking for any advice for where to play and the best shops to get my guns and equipment from. Infact any advice is very much appreciated as I am a noob at this haha. Thanks and nice to meet you all