Tommikka

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A team mate hasn’t played for a number of years due to breeding, and is currently sorting through their gear for what’s to be kept, valuation to sell on and buying more for a come back. He’s having to remember to keep his mouth shut when he prices up a gun and his wife keeps commenting on how well he chose his guns that they are worth as much (and more) then he ‘paid’ originally.

As Roger has pointed out, all the published guidance & regulations are subject to change. The guidance at 14 September included references to paintball thanks to engagement by the UKPSF. Government were treating paintball as an activity along with theme parks, and then after discussions placed it among shooting activities. Advice on how to apply the guidance and what are considered Covid safe precautions have been sent to UKPSF member sites. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do/coronavirus-outbreak-faqs-what-you-can-and-cant-do These will then need to be applied against todays changes, regional situations, and site specifics

I note that Super5ives aren’t listed https://shop.super5ives.com (Bearing in mind that I know Chris the owner) I can still recommend them, I’ve known Chris for more than a decade when he brought the Soton University society to our first event, and have watched him move on to an event organizer, and open the retail business. He’s a keen player in both airsoft and paintball and knows the ropes to advise on anyone’s questions

Don’t let anyone try and tell you the ‘accurate’ right way to wear it The ‘right’ way is on the trouser leg, but those dirty cut throats didn’t follow dress regulations What you will need is a toggle rope. Not nearly rolled up, but probably around your waist. Ready made toggle ropes come at a heafty price, but can be made. This isn’t the right version, but with a good sized piece of real rope and a decent broom handle etc you can compare the above and below videos and could make a convincing example .... and lets not miss an opportunity to mention my unbeaten tradition at our branch dinner nights to be last man standing in the bar every time - the first being one of the last two in the bar in the early hours with a modern green bereted officer until he decided it was bedtime. My only problem was the early morning start that followed to head out for a site visit, but a final fresh air walk and a couple of pints of water enabled me to wake up and be ready before the calls I had booked came through making sure I could roll out of bed

I’m the one in the black

My reference point to check the list was pole fitness, but a bit of double checking shows that they gained ‘provisional status’ with the International GAISF, so the 2016 list might still be the newest recognised list. I know the UKPSF are in communication with Sports England, and have commissioned a series of academic studies with a university. But in membership participation are nowhere near being considered. In July there were approx 500 UKPSF active player members with a minimum required of 1850. There are a lot more than 500 actively competing in the CPPS national tournaments, but they aren’t all signed up as UKPSF members (and renewing) Let alone walkon/own gunners who play the various flavours Delta Force were laughed out of Sport England when they put in their Olympic bid campaign trying to use their mailing list of everyone who had signed a rental waiver. Speedsoft looks tiny compared to tournament paintball, but overall airsoft must have the numbers as it appears to have a larger player base ‘regularly’ playing along with print magazines in WH Smiths, I’ve seen the numbers that are needed to get a magazine distribution deal - so the airsoft magazines are selling to someone, (or the companies are a loss leading front for a orgainsed crimes money laundering operation) Someone will have to pay for the marriage licence and accredit the venue. I can conduct a ceremony in California, but I don’t like heat

There’s a simple reason for that - darts has a governing body who gathered their evidence and presented an application for recognition Darts requires skill to compete, has a recognised body, formal rules, a qualifying level of participation across the country etc Darts is a recognised sport in a number of countries, but not enough to qualify as an international sport

Let’s not forget that airsoft is not a ‘recognised sport’ under Sport England criteria If they stick to the line of ‘organised team sports’ then airsoft doesn’t qualify, if it extends to other leisure activities then airsoft may qualify It takes us back a few months to when sites began to plan reopening for July, followed by backtracking Airsoft does have representative bodies, but not to the degree of recognition that the UKPSF have for paintball. UKPSF recognition didn’t give ‘sport recognition’ but their discussions did result in paintball being named in supporting materials on what criteria were required to reopen Would you honestly say that there is no close contact in airsoft? You don’t routinely come right up to each other, but there is safe zone staging, briefs, all hiding behind one tree, etc

Each site will be running a restricted service anyway, depending on their Covid risk assessment and national & local government restrictions eg central government give the leading guidance, the site prepares its plan, their insurers decide if they are happy, the local council etc gives authority to reopen Sites are likely to be operating at lower number caps, prebooked players only, they may have group restrictions to household groups etc The situation may keep changing due to local circumstances

No. That would be fraud

It’s up to you to act as you feel comfortable, but pre VCRA possession remains valid The VCRA covers the sale, import, manufacture or modification of IFs and RIFs The UKARA isn’t a licence or certificate, so isn’t required for a pre VCRA RIF until you decide to sell However there is the other legislation that covers a valid reason for possessing in public, get stopped with a IF or RIF and you may need to explain why you are carrying it. If transporting to or from an airsoft venue then that’s your good reason for carrying it (properly packed of course)

Pretty much as everyone has already covered: You are the person responsible for the sale, you don’t want a criminal record and you don’t want the fine that comes from a VCRA offence. But - the buyers ‘defence’ is their intent to use the RIF for one of the approved activities in legislation (museum, theatrical etc) or the additional skirmisher defence under Statutory instrument: They intend to play airsoft skirmishing at an insured site. UKARA is a way of reasonably proving intent due to past activity. You don’t need to insist on UKARA but are well entitled to stick to that as your personal policy. You can accept other matters such as ‘recent’ photos of them skirmishing, proof of age etc The odds of you having to prove it in court are low, but you also don’t want to be the test case. If you feel the buyer can present something that could be reasonably accepted as intent to skirmish (on an insured site) then you have your reasonable defence in court If you’re not happy then don’t sell

Forward your PayPal details plus the matching email account and I’ll ‘look after’ it for you

Noobs Circa 1983/84 when the guns fired shaped plastic pellets similar to airgun pellets

Enola Gaye https://store.enolagaye.com/?utm_source=egcom&utm_campaign=header (Heads up - I have a sponsorship relationship with Enola Gaye, so I could be biased) ‘Bulk’ means different things to different people. Call them to discuss if you think your bulk Is big enough

Too geeky - its also a name and place name, particularly with Scottish and Scandinavian backgrounds.

Simple possibly - but as Longshot pointed out 6 years ago, the UKARA system was designed to protect retailers from prosecution under the VCRA (The UKARA are the UKs Airsoft Retailers Association) It was the UKARA who acted when the act was just a bill and managed to have the skirmisher defence added. The UKARA player scheme is the system that they came up with. In effect a player establishes skirmisher status at one UKARA site. The UKARA and sites have not felt the need to enhance the scheme for playing at different sites. Players are welcome to do so and can play wherever they like or join as many sites as they wish. Sites typically maintain a player as a member and on the register if they remain a site member and continue to play into the next year etc Its not compulsory under the VCRA to use the UKARA, but that’s the most commonly recognised scheme. Sites could collaborate, but for faith in a system then there would be a need to verify the card and share the information. Any data collected needs to be controlled and have transparency, any sharing then has to be declared and controlled. Without control and validation it becomes an untrusted process and a retailer selling a RIF based on untrusted documentation is then facing a considerable fine under the VCRA

You can buy air rifles & air pistols that ‘look’ like real guns. In the eyes of the law they are not RIFs as under firearms legislation an air rifle/air pistol is a low powered air weapon. It’s a firearm that doesn’t require a FAC, therefore the VCRA does not apply. If it is over revised legal requirements of an airsoft gun then technically it is a firearm / low powered air weapon. If buying in the UK its up to the seller if they are willing to sell on the basis of it being a firearm / low power air weapon or that they may be at risk of falling under the VCRA as a RIF which would make them liable to a £1000-£2000 fine for selling to a buyer without a defence. If importing then it’s up to you to convince customs The VCRA is an anti chav law to reduce lookalike RIFs in the hands of those who don’t meet the criteria selected for defences

I’m not going to say that it’s OK for you to end up in possession of a RIF If someone gifts you a RIF then that’s between them and you If it is legal under the VCRA for you to paint an IF into a RIF then it’s fine for you to do so If it’s a crime but you don’t get caught then you have got away with it. An entirely legal way would be for your father to go playing with you, earn his own UKARA membership, and then buy you a RIF as a present

‘Defence’ is not you defending from prosecution, eg in court. If a player buys a RIF then that player does so under the skirmisher defence. But it is the retailer who would be liable under legislation if the player does not have the defence That means a retailer might need to go to court one day and defend themselves from prosecution, establishing that their ‘Legal defence’ is that they reasonably ensured that the buyer had a VCRA ‘defence’ implying that they intended to use the RIF for skirmishing. In modifying then you are the individual who could be liable for prosecution and could need to prove your legal defence of your skirmisher defence The site manager won’t care. The greater risk is to come to the attention of the police One way to start defending your position is to not tell people that you are painting it

The VCRA governs Realistic Imitation Firearms. A defence in this context is the valid reason for purchasing, importing, manufacturing (or modifying) a RIF Defences in the core legislation are for museums, theatre, film and TV, reenactment etc Airsoft skirmishing was added by ‘statutory instrument’, the UKARA scheme was brought in to establish and document a players status as a skirmisher. But you are underage and cannot obtain that defence yourself. Arguably you could claim that your intent is only to paint your IFs into RIFs for the purpose of airsoft skirmishing at established insured sites, and you may be technically be within the law. But you also could fail to do so in which case you would be committing an offence under the VCRA. (Note that the original drafts of the bill had repainting an IF into a RIF as an explicit offence just by doing so. It isn’t as black and white now)

If your father had a Defence then he could gift you RIFs You can paint your two tone that is wearing off - but should paint in the bright colours as specified in the VCRA to retain their IF status. If you paint them black then you are modifying an IF into a RIF, and don’t have a Defence to back yourself up.

It is a bit of a headache. As the probable original idea of an alternative to selling at the desired price, by encouraging a greater number of people to chance it, the theory is there. But depending on circumstances of the actual item and its value, then less risky (not getting enough contenders, legal headaches etc) and simplest option is just to offer up for sale.