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RIF Incident in News

They should have shot him in the face.. With Real bullets.. but hey ho..

 
 
right after plymouth......

goddamn if you wanted to burn airsoft to the ground that's one hell of a story to do it with.

congrats to the officers involved, hopefully that's one pub they'll never have to pay for a drink in.

 
Bit torn on this one, understand the bs the officer has to go through had he shot him dead.......

BUUUT nonce with a rifle threatening innocent civilians, kind of case an investigation/inquest should take all of 5 minutes to rule on, ending with a commendation for the officer for his exceptional work for getting rid of a low life pos?

 
Convicted paedophile. They should have shot the scumbag anyway.

 
Canny good shot with a baton gun to hit him in the leg there. Hats off to them. 

 
Shooting someone carrying a replica, imo, would end Airsoft. As we know it, anyway.

UK armed police are known for their restraint, and I'd like to keep it that way - although I appreciate there is an increased risk to Officers.

 
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DrAlexanderTobacco said:
Shooting someone carrying a replica, imo, would end Airsoft. As we know it, anyway.

UK armed police are known for their restraint, and I'd like to keep it that way - although I appreciate the increased risk to Officers.
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Yep it would go from small news story to major headline and do gooders marching with placards if there was a fatal incident, cops did good.

 
ImTriggerHappy said:
Yep it would go from small news story to major headline and do gooders marching with placards if there was a fatal incident, cops did good.
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Shootings in the UK are examined incredibly closely, all the officer's actions examined etc. - iirc your brother's a copper so I know you know that but yeah, the question on everyone's minds would be "How can we stop this from happening again", and the answer would be IFs replacing RIFs.

 
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What a flaming idiot, unfortunately as others have said it could easily end up giving Airsoft a bad name, doesn’t take much for people to try and sign petitions to ban things, who knows a few months down the line there might be a discussion in parliament about banning RIFs and RIF sales ?

 
Police need to be equipped with fully automatic woodchippers.  We need a Woodchipper Pride Month, I already have a flag in mind.

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I hope, I really hope, that they look into whoever sold the nonce that RIF and do them for it if they don't have a rock solid defence.  And when I rant about AirsoftWorld and Fat Bobs selling to anyone who asks without a real defence, this is why.

 
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DrAlexanderTobacco said:
Shooting someone carrying a replica, imo, would end Airsoft. As we know it, anyway.
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Not necessarily, while I agree that any bad publicity, especially stuff as extreme as this is always another potential nail in the proverbial coffin for us, there have already been a number of fatal shootings involving replica firearms, so far the focus in the inquests etc have been focused on the mindset of the dead person, & the conclusion that it's usually a "suicide by cop" scenario & an almost inevitable outcome.

But I agree that eventually someone's gonna try to outlaw everything gun like, whatever classification or hobby it relates to ☹️

 
Tackle said:
Not necessarily, while I agree that any bad publicity, especially stuff as extreme as this is always another potential nail in the proverbial coffin for us, there have already been a number of fatal shootings involving replica firearms, so far the focus in the inquests etc have been focused on the mindset of the dead person, & the conclusion that it's usually a "suicide by cop" scenario & an almost inevitable outcome.

But I agree that eventually someone's gonna try to outlaw everything gun like, whatever classification or hobby it relates to ☹️
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Except speed guns! Lol 

 
Shamal said:
Except speed guns! Lol 
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And technically things like Pulse Rifles and the APS UAR.  Heck, even the AAP-01 isn't a realistic imitation of a real modern firearm, and yes, that's the criteria under the VRCA, and yes, I know the Firearms Act is different.

The big risk is that airsoft is only a defence due to the anonymous Home Office explanatory circular accompanying the 2007 amendment, it's not actually in the legislation, and it could be removed on a whim without even Ministerial involvement, warning, or consultation.

 
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Should of shot him twice with rubber bullets.  
 

What a total chump!

Great cool control of the police.

 
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