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It will need to be a two tone though!Or Maybe they'll just buy a real steel lethal firearm from fellow committed criminals, which in some cases might be cheaper too lol
What would happen? (Ukara)
- Thread starter JasonFPS
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The VCRA is of course not an addition to firearms legislation, but an anti chav, idiot
and child / police accident law
Anti chav for those who were hanging around the streets with toy guns stuff in their boxers, getting armed police responses and being stupid enough to pull it out and point at armed response
Idiot for those who think its ok and it’s a toy so they can carry it around in public
Similar to the local vodka bar owner who slept in his bar on New Year’s Eve and was reported by the public in the morning putting an ak47 in his car.
(He wasn’t entirely the idiot as it was a novelty inflatable ak47, but a passer by made the call)
Protection for kids who are just going to play with toy guns. I know kids who have been spoken to by local hobbies about playing in the street with toy guns, but it doesn’t take much for a proper response to happen
Kids aren’t going to think of the risk and many parents are too stupid to be allowed kids
(A bit off topic but I once watched two parents in an army surplus shop being told the relevant laws about knives, what penknives are good for different uses etc
They described the use as for a kid who might join the scouts but for general whittling and cutting up sticks as a first knife. They didn’t leave with a basic penknife or Swiss army knife
as the shop recommended, but a big survival/Combat knife
RIFs for airsoft, filmwork, re-enactment etc were deemed not in need of major controls and licencing, but something to reduce open sale.
Under legislation no system was required, but the industry produced the UKARA process as their protection and it gives a ‘reliable’ justification at customs rather than individuals chancing it on customs accepting their reasons.
In the early days of VCRA i managed to convince customs without UKARA and my statement about Paintball events, other individuals and at least one retailer had a lot of Paintball imports destroyed in that year
Filmwork was used prior to VCRA by a dodgy dealer who made up excuses to not validate his work ‘because it was for James Bond and they keep everything secret’. He was dealing in genuine underground firearms so had plenty of offences but his ‘front’ was a very easy cover
So the ‘gun’ industry for films & tv tightened themselves up as well
and child / police accident law
Anti chav for those who were hanging around the streets with toy guns stuff in their boxers, getting armed police responses and being stupid enough to pull it out and point at armed response
Idiot for those who think its ok and it’s a toy so they can carry it around in public
Similar to the local vodka bar owner who slept in his bar on New Year’s Eve and was reported by the public in the morning putting an ak47 in his car.
(He wasn’t entirely the idiot as it was a novelty inflatable ak47, but a passer by made the call)
Protection for kids who are just going to play with toy guns. I know kids who have been spoken to by local hobbies about playing in the street with toy guns, but it doesn’t take much for a proper response to happen
Kids aren’t going to think of the risk and many parents are too stupid to be allowed kids
(A bit off topic but I once watched two parents in an army surplus shop being told the relevant laws about knives, what penknives are good for different uses etc
They described the use as for a kid who might join the scouts but for general whittling and cutting up sticks as a first knife. They didn’t leave with a basic penknife or Swiss army knife
as the shop recommended, but a big survival/Combat knife
RIFs for airsoft, filmwork, re-enactment etc were deemed not in need of major controls and licencing, but something to reduce open sale.
Under legislation no system was required, but the industry produced the UKARA process as their protection and it gives a ‘reliable’ justification at customs rather than individuals chancing it on customs accepting their reasons.
In the early days of VCRA i managed to convince customs without UKARA and my statement about Paintball events, other individuals and at least one retailer had a lot of Paintball imports destroyed in that year
Filmwork was used prior to VCRA by a dodgy dealer who made up excuses to not validate his work ‘because it was for James Bond and they keep everything secret’. He was dealing in genuine underground firearms so had plenty of offences but his ‘front’ was a very easy cover
So the ‘gun’ industry for films & tv tightened themselves up as well
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How things have changed, when I was about 8 (42 years ago), me an the rest of the kids were always running round the estate with toy guns, thing is they were very realistic & all black, I remember owning a full size mp40 (no rear stock & the mag was fixed in place), & I remember someone having an SLR, & some AK's floating about, as well as a plethora of pistols.........
AND NO ONE GAVE US A SECOND LOOK !
Better times
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How things have changed, when I was about 8 (42 years ago), me an the rest of the kids were always running round the estate with toy guns, thing is they were very realistic & all black, I remember owning a full size mp40 (no rear stock & the mag was fixed in place), & I remember someone having an SLR, & some AK's floating about, as well as a plethora of pistols.........
AND NO ONE GAVE US A SECOND LOOK !
Better times
Goes to show that times don’t always change for the better, being a child in the 80’s afforded me and my friends so much freedom and fun compared to what the current bubble wrapped Xbox generations now have...
I remember walking out in the countryside without any second glances while carrying my air rifle at 12 years old.
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I didn't read this thread for all of about 24 hours... What happened? :lol:
He asked ‘What would happen?’ and no one could have predicted
