Questionable politics and airsofters

[Tommikka]

Well we shouldn't be seeing any more Wagner patches now

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66724396

From about a quarter of the way down

The proscription order will make it a criminal offence to support the group - including by arranging a meetings aimed at furthering the organisation's activities, expressing support for its aims or displaying its flag or logo.

Strictly speaking they were always illegal in Russia anyway, which is one of the reasons why they only opened an office in Russia last November 

But laws don’t count in Russia if your Putins mate and / or pay him off.

…. and of course Wagner never were mercenaries, they have always been a deniable part of the Russian army 

 

[Tactical Pith Helmet]

We can only hope that some tit doesn't decide to play in a Wagner loadout hoping to claim some kind of theatrical/themed game defence and a bit of public notoriety.  'It's a character in a game, I don't support them in real life,' type thing.  

There's sometimes idiot willing to engage in puerile edgelord shit.  

A separate point is that there are quite a few Chinese cheapo skull, and also crossed daggers patches around.  Fail the attitude test and an officious copper could make a case that you were representing the logo minus the writing.  

I suppose it's another example of needing a single well briefed airsoft organisation to speak to the media in case of individual idiocy.  I'm not a fan of this type of law.  I'd rather fools outed themselves to social ridicule than expose us all to the risk of legal sanction/restriction.