Tommikka

I recognised the price structure ….. but to be fair that is a rental price structure intended for the occasional day out, as opposed to an own gunner who would ideally be paying a slightly higher green fee and buying their balls by the case load. Such as £25 entry and options of BYO or a case of 2000 for £30 of good fresh balls - (approx £55 for a day out) as opposed to basic rentals with free or cheap entry plus a rolling price structure against various quantities of basic quantity balls. (If planned ahead probably £50/£60 for a day out with half as many balls but slower shooting or around £100+ without researching the price structure or going in with fat wallets) Each type of player would expect to be separated to different dates or different areas of the site - and expect staff to be paid rather than volunteers / player Marshall’s In airsoft the situation may vary between sites but it appears that the trend is for regulars to be mixed among rentals unless it’s a large group / exclusive booking, and as noted in the thread isn’t very viable in contrast to the overheads of running a site In paintball the sites exist due to the primary business of public rental paintball and then add walkons with other pricing for encouraging repeat custom from own gunners as they get more serious I equate airsoft to a cross between walkon & scenario paintball, and to be viable sites need a good turnover of players to cover the costs of the site, staff etc

….. and on closer inspection the writing on the side tells me exactly what it is: TM M3 Super 90 Which appears to be a springer not gas, and therefore in theory should only need a shell (I’ve self reported the thread to have it moved out of gas guns) Nothing in the grip which fits in with my misidentification and it probably bring spring operated I’ll deal with plugging the rogue hole to minimise the random gaps - either a proper plug or making something Thanks all

This conversation has gone on a few times in the forum The majority of members will not endorse ‘defences’ that appear to be evading the law (We know that it’s possible to buy with inappropriate ‘defences) In this thread though, the original question is how can a private seller validate a valid defence

Cool thanks - and CQB helps (The likely format that I would put our guns into is at CQB range) …. And even more helpful on the battery I thought that it was going to be some special connector for the charger, but that search has shown that they still have suitable charging cables on the other side. I didn’t think of that !

Where’s his killcam & what’s his YouTube channel? Kicking Kenny?

There’s a good reason why you can’t see pictures ………

We can say they aren’t legitimate defences Under legislation the only defences are : Museums theatrical performance Film making / TV (proper filmmaking not being a YouTuber) Crown service (For real duties, not just being a civil servant or soldier) Note that airsoft is not one of them. It’s an additional provision by ‘statutory instrument’ and covers ‘airsoft skirmishing on insured sites’ General shooting, collecting & wall displays are not approved in the law (You can do them with airsoft guns once in your possession but they are not defences under the VCRA) For general shooting you could in theory have no defence required - just sell an airsoft gun with the velocity too high and sell it as an air weapon, for which no defence or licence are required (at least in England & Wales) In which case a shooters membership isn’t needed to validate the sale, but shows the shooter to be a bit responsible Cosplay is also not a valid defence - this is compounded by the retailer who offers it partnering with s comicon that bans entry with RIFs (just like every UK comicon / cosplay event) Note that ‘professional cosplayers’ come under the theatrical defence https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/37 37Specific defense applying to the offence under s. 36 (1)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 36 in respect of any conduct to show that the conduct was for the purpose only of making the imitation firearm in question available for one or more of the purposes specified in subsection (2). (2)Those purposes are— (a)the purposes of a museum or gallery; (b)the purposes of theatrical performances and of rehearsals for such performances; (c)the production of films (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)_see section 5B of that Act); (d)the production of television programmes (within the meaning of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)_see section 405(1) of that Act); (e)the organisation and holding of historical re-enactments organised and held by persons specified or described for the purposes of this section by regulations made by the Secretary of State; (f)the purposes of functions that a person has in his capacity as a person in the service of Her Majesty.

I’ve bought some pieces in an auction bundle, which includes this TM breacher I believe that I have a partially complete shotgun, other than a dry fire it’s untested There are no shells Questions would be: What am I missing up front? (eg just a cap, or a full assembly) Without that assembly / with a bit of DIY, could it still be functional with a shell? (Or would the BBs/CO2 spray out on loading ?) Any advice would be appreciated As many of you know, I don’t play but occasionally run games. My options are; Get it up & running and use it for a ‘pick up gun’ for one of our event formats Do nothing and keep it as a dry firing prop Offer up for sale for somebody else to sort out

I’ve bought some pieces in an auction bundle, which includes this TM MP7 AEG I believe that I have a partially complete MP7, though untested Questions would be: Is there any practical problem with not having the barrel tip? (I believe that it has the glow BB adaptor) Assuming it is the glow adaptor, what should I look for? There is no battery, and I think it needs a particular battery (and therefore the right charger) Any advice would be appreciated As many of you know, I don’t play but occasionally run games. My options are; Get it up & running and use it for a ‘pick up gun’ for one of our event formats Offer up for sale for somebody else to sort out

Those could be valid shooters, but not VCRA defences You can go target shooting with an IF just as well as with a RIF - the law does not recognise the ‘immersion’ for target shooting @aiden UKARA / site membership ought to be verifiable with the site Legally you don’t need any evidence, but you as seller become liable to a major fine if the RIF you sell comes to the attention of the law and they wonder how Joe chavvie got hold of it You need to reasonably satisfy yourself that the buyer intends to use it for airsoft, and may need to prove that in court UKARA or site membership are winners Photos of them playing or a history of forum contribution* could be usable You could paint it into an IF and legitimise a sale - but if a RIF is worth selling then somebody will turn up who can show a defence *Note that I’m a regular forum contributor, but I don’t have a Defence, don’t play & don’t intend to play - and many of my posts say so - so don’t sell a RIF to me Most people on here are interested in playing But also beware of underage buyers - the reason they can’t show a defence might be because they are not eligible to a defence

Bloody Cana-mericans. Teens/adults with no eye protection and half of the kids don’t have full face protection

I did mean to put up a link as well, but neglected that https://www.lawdepot.co.uk/law-library/faq/release-or-waiver-agreement-faq-united-kingdom/#.YicXyWSnwWO A ‘waiver’ is legally enforceable - as long as it’s found to be valid in court. e.g. a well written waiver protects both the site & players, and will stand appropriately in court to prevent or support a case A less well written ‘waiver’ can be found to be enforceable but parts of it might turn out to not mean what the author thought or certain elements are disregarded A badly written ‘waiver’ is just ripped apart in court and has no value at all - the site could end up liable for anything that a player chooses to sue for Note that ‘waivers’ can work in many directions - player A could sue player B, however it may also be that player A sues the site for the consequences of player B and the site has to go after player B afterwards * Will courts always enforce an activity waiver and release? Generally courts will respect the waiver agreement reached between the parties however in some circumstances a court may be unwilling to enforce a waiver agreement. This is especially the case in situations where they find: the agreement conflicts with public policy (i.e. parties performing essential services to the public are expected to fulfill their obligations to the public and cannot waive liability by using a release) the releasee's conduct amounts to gross negligence (i.e. the releasee cannot waive liability for conduct that rises to the level of gross negligence) the release contains ambiguous language (i.e. the document does not clearly and explicitly communicate the intention of terminating the releasee’s liability) the releasor is not aware of the release and cannot reasonably be expected to be aware of it (i.e. the waiver clause in the document appears in such a way that it is unlikely to be read by the releasor) the releasor lacks the capacity to contract away his or her--or another person's-claims (i.e. if the releasor is a minor or the releasor is lacking the mental capacity needed to sign the document) * after a motorcycle accident many years ago my solicitor turned to my passenger and told her that he is listing her damages to the van driver, but unless their insurance just pays out then she would have get another solicitor to sue me for me to sue the van driver After continually ignoring my solicitor they pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and then the insurance paid out fully —- and it was a much higher bill due to all the repeated solicitor letters - happily I wasn’t paying along the way, and he just kept telling me to not worry about the bill rocking up as the case was solid

A badly written waiver is worthless - for example - “Wing and a prayer enterprises are not liable for killing customers and don’t have to consider basic safety such as the bottomless pit” But a properly written waiver is valid such as “Safety conscious enterprises are not responsible for you ripping off all your gear and going full Rambo” Rather than the deceptive short name of ‘waiver’ the document is an agreement between the business and the customer that they both understand what is supposed to happen and both will fulfill their respective responsibilities

That’s a bottle top allowing you to drink through the GSR respirator …… but of course that did not exist in 1980

Not necessarily so these days Thanks to those who falsely declared in the past, regulations cover ‘pressure vessels’ as opposed to ‘pressurised’ If routes include air mail then they cannot carry pressure vessels It all comes down to the specifics of prohibited and restricted items, you need a method that handles it as restricted and to comply with the requirements

Whilst majorly attempting to avoid specifics, as discussed with a site owner once …… They had a booking from a particular group of stereotypes, and dreaded the level of management & marshalling needed whilst considering excuses to reject the booking without ramifications But on the day it was one of the best groups they have had - purely a group of people who wanted to enjoy a day out shooting each other along with fat wallets

My thoughts on that would be to consider inviting the local trading standards team over They love shops that stock goods from importers who don’t comply to UK standards

Airsoft Cardiff have sent their finest to support the Ukrainian effort

I have (almost) no problem with what people wear. Right now it would be in bad taste to fully dress up in a modern Russian load out. I don’t do full on dress up, but have played roles in events and given the choice I’ll opt for the underdog/ bad guy I’m also find of wood so have a selection of AKs (and SLR but sadly that’s the black polymer edition and not proper wood) In our Takgur Ghar series I would also take the Taliban/villager/Osama & zombie Osama roles I live in Salisbury, and around the corner from Novichock central, which brought a natural aversion to Putin, but to add to that I am a close friend to a particular family. (She isn’t the only British citizen that he’s murdered in the UK as collateral damage or an obstacle to his activities) Add on being a member of a forum that was heavily targeted by Putin’s trolls, both troll HQ & useful idiots I will never take on any Russian element again in a game environment But others are welcome to dress up how they like I have no issue with any Russian as a human being I have a major issue with a mayors clerk who saw the opportunity to tie up with the Russian mafia and got rich taking a cut from the oligarchs that he helped to get rich. He is now a dictator sitting on his pile of cash, getting revenge on anyone who fooled his beloved KGB/GRU and trying to bring back his glorious USSR - provided its him on top of the pile

I doubt that there is a single member of this forum who should be allowed out of the house with wallet and without adult supervision

Or stood in the shed sorting through old pyro separating the good from the battered, damaged strikers etc before taking them off for a ‘safe’ bang (the ones that have suffered from battering, or failed but not left in a field to be picked up by kids) One of which having previously been an old school paper mache style BB grenade but only had the strip of striker tip, fuse & bang remaining Straight to the ‘dispose’ pile But touching along the workbench as passing it over…… and Hiss…… Followed by prompt dropping Followed by looking at the stack of pyro besides a hissing fuse Pick up the hissing fuse Turn around to throw out the door behind Glance at the open kitchen door behind the shed Drop fuse Stand on fuse Feel thud Be thankful for not stepping out in bare feet

Do you mean like a player who puts their gun down against a tree, throws some smoke getting the attention of the photographer, posing for a photo shoot then ambling along to catch up with the action? I have never done that, not ever, honest

I have some terrible news for you: Forums are social media too

On signs, disclaimers, web site rules, verbal briefs etc …… nobody pays full attention & you cannot assume. People don’t read the part of the disclaimer that says that you are signing to confirm that you have read it. At our first ever event the site planned to use their standard disclaimer - which was aimed at rental players, not own gunners. So I went through the disclaimer with management & discussed what can and cannot be changed - particularly in the terms of site insurance. I could allow players to have guns in the safe zone - and therefore add all the rules on ensuring they are safe I couldn’t allow players to self fill due to insurance terms on the fill station - which caused a dilemma in complying to a new event organizers collective set of rules which included air safety rules with training - I was permitted to run training, issue passes (valid for a year) and but not allow self fill for the rest of the day (I expected that nobody would take up the training - but they did, and that allowed the next organizer to run a smaller session of only those that hadn’t been to our event) Safety must be covered along all methods - and therefore not be reams of paper and hours of waffle Core rules should be repeated, no matter how many regulars are there Particularly at our events as we have ‘standard’ rules, our preferred rules and also specifics for how we want to run that event or mission - we’re probably trying out a rule or respawn option - we like barrel tags/knife kills & surrenders but there are specifics on what is an enforced rule (tag/knife) and what is an option (surrender) and also in certain formats we don’t allow them such as our Battle Royale format has no surrenders permitted (though I permitted one surrender when two players met face to face seconds into the session rather than force a 2 inch kill)

Lovely officer She reminds me of the police officers who were caught speeding and went to court on the basis of either the lack of correctly spaced miniature reminder signs or that the 30mph speed sign was the smaller reminder diameter and not a full size sign. They got off on the technicality, but I like to think that they suffered other consequences such as a stern talking to on the values & standards expected of the law - without coffee & biscuits