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it's quite an interesting perspective, lets face it we are all so used to being around 'guns' that we get a bit meh about it. The general public in the UK are so unused to seeing guns that they cause quite a shock factor , which is why we need to be so careful about our RIFs in public. Of course the average Airsofter would have named the gun in question and described every accessory fitted to it ?
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Couple of points though, the article says they're illegal, when they are not.
It also says there was 30 minutes of shooting. If it took that long for a response then that's shocking.
We'll have to see if there was some sort of motive due to a magic man in the sky, or maybe he's just had some sort of breakdown.
Unfortunately though it shows that 2 tones are still very capable of putting the willies up the public.
It also says there was 30 minutes of shooting. If it took that long for a response then that's shocking.
We'll have to see if there was some sort of motive due to a magic man in the sky, or maybe he's just had some sort of breakdown.
Unfortunately though it shows that 2 tones are still very capable of putting the willies up the public.
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Due to the distance and obscured view (top floor of the tower) I doubt anyone could see it clearly enough - the general shape and especially the noise of the blank firers were probably the biggest factors.
My nephew is police up there. The block is five mins from my in laws, and my niece was just about to cycle down their with my sister in law. The bloke was firing off blanks and streaming on IG and Snapchat at the same time.
I would say drugs were playing a large part in this. There is no way you would tell if the pistols were RiFs from where he was, but you could tell from IG that he had a two tone. Very lucky he was in the UK and not in US. I am not sure how many armed officers are in the Medway area, may have had to come up from Gravesend or Maidstone.
I would say drugs were playing a large part in this. There is no way you would tell if the pistols were RiFs from where he was, but you could tell from IG that he had a two tone. Very lucky he was in the UK and not in US. I am not sure how many armed officers are in the Medway area, may have had to come up from Gravesend or Maidstone.
Having seen the images of what he had...... I went and had a look at BBGunsForLess as mentioned in another post about this
. It could almost be an advertising stunt for them. This is the front page of their website!!!!!
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Stuff like this really points out how pointless two tone laws are. Doesn't matter what colour it is people are still going to freak out if it's not obviously a nerf gun
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Just as well folk do react still
Imagine some fruitcake walking down the street with a two tone Real Steel ?
Imagine some fruitcake walking down the street with a two tone Real Steel ?
Let’s not forget he was also firing blank pistols.
These are (unlicenced) firearms.
The two tone is an IF and uncontrolled, so a VCRA sales offence hasn’t been committed. Waving it about in public is the problem no matter what the colour.
As a potential RIF case observers from
a distance are unlikely to have noticed the blue colouring, but unless someone goes into the fine detail of whether it qualifies as bright blue and majority coverage then it’s still an IF in the eyes of the VCRA
He has his personal responsibility on what he is doing with the IF and the blank firers.
His actions have legal consequences, and note that he wasn’t doing an airsoft video in an irresponsible manner, (like the recent New York rooftop). But he was deliberately acting for police attention - and got it
These are (unlicenced) firearms.
The two tone is an IF and uncontrolled, so a VCRA sales offence hasn’t been committed. Waving it about in public is the problem no matter what the colour.
As a potential RIF case observers from
a distance are unlikely to have noticed the blue colouring, but unless someone goes into the fine detail of whether it qualifies as bright blue and majority coverage then it’s still an IF in the eyes of the VCRA
He has his personal responsibility on what he is doing with the IF and the blank firers.
His actions have legal consequences, and note that he wasn’t doing an airsoft video in an irresponsible manner, (like the recent New York rooftop). But he was deliberately acting for police attention - and got it
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Adolf Hamster
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do we have any idea on why he was doing it? seems like you'd have to be pretty damn bored to want to get arrested just for the sake of some entertainment.
i mean i wanna go shoot stuff but i know damn rightly that it's not worth the risk even going somewhere secluded to pop some cans.
i mean i wanna go shoot stuff but i know damn rightly that it's not worth the risk even going somewhere secluded to pop some cans.
