Losing UKARA due to no skirmishes (Covid-19)

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If this goes on for months I wonder if a lot of people are going to lose their UKARA numbers.

Or will the list be frozen?

Not terribly important in a time of crisis, but I was just curious.

 
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Yep, get out those rattle cans boys. We're all going to have to spray our guns two tone.

 
Very glad I got my site renewal in today.  First game back in six months and now probably the last for quite a while.

 
There was literally just seven of us, we all kept responsible distances.

Seriously, I was a lot closer to a lot more people while doing a weekly shop yesterday.

 
More to the point what site was it that was open?

Any registered UKARA site that cares so little for public safety that it was open this weekend deserves to be shut permanently and should be boycotted by the whole responsible airsoft community.

 
There were at least 4 sites open near me this weekend. 

 
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It's staggering people have still not yet grasped how dangerous the situation is...

 
If it goes on for the rest of the year sales of rifs are going to take a hit anyway.

This will be made worse by people losing UKARA and then when it starts again, having to wait two months to requalify.

 
Last time I renewed mine was a couple of years back, and I've bought a gun last month from Patrolbase using it, no issues. I'm not sure retailers pay too much attention to expiry dates on them. 

 
Remember, you don't actually need UKARA.  As long as you can prove you're a skirmisher, you're OK.

 
Cyberlawyer said:
More to the point what site was it that was open?

Any registered UKARA site that cares so little for public safety that it was open this weekend deserves to be shut permanently and should be boycotted by the whole responsible airsoft community.
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Lets calm our boots so to speak... Sites have been put in a very difficult position, not helped by the government's somewhat wishy-washy approach. My GF is already out of a job but luckily her work should be able to access the employment subsidy. For small biz like airsoft the picture isn't super clear.  Lets not name and shame them - but instead perhaps now is the time to support your local/favourite/most responsible site by buying/renewing membership, patches, whatever it may be.

 
I’m pretty sympathetic to the financial position that small businesses find themselves in and agree that the governments response could have been far better.

However given all the advice on social distancing that has been out (including the announcements before the weekend that schools were closing as were pubs and restaurants) I fail to see how a responsible reaction is to get a load of people, many of whom who would otherwise not ever meet, together in order to run around with toy guns...

 
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mine was renewed June / July last year so still active, means i should be ok unless it drags into summer 2021 which by then, well........

 
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