Seth_Erebor Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rogerborg Posted December 14, 2018 Supporters Share Posted December 14, 2018 Sure, it's fun to kick ideas around, and we all want the same thing. However, RIFs are not cars - that's an apples-to-hovercraft comparison. There are no standards for marking, and even if there were, the number of crimes deterred by them would be negligible - I'd argue non-existent. On the subject of hovercraft cars, there used to be a Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) scheme whereby written off and repaired cars wouldn't be issued with a new V5C until they'd been inspected to check the vehicle identity hadn't been transferred to a stolen vehicle. After 12 years of costs and hassle to law abiding motorists, the scheme was finally scrapped, having identified a sum total of 40 dodgy vehicles out of the 916,000+ that were inspected at £41 a go. That's why I'd suggest being careful, now, before putting an obligation on airsoft players to constantly prove our innocence. Criminals don't give a stuff what the law-abiding are doing, and stolen goods tend to circulate around rapscallions and ne'er-do-wells without questions being asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterG Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I agree, you could end up adding 25%+ on the cost of a RIF to deter something that doesn't happen that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rogerborg Posted December 15, 2018 Supporters Share Posted December 15, 2018 To not deter it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted December 15, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 15, 2018 lol, apparently prison doesn't deter thieves, but a poorly thought out registration system will scare the shit out of them😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePunisher Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 22:59, Rogerborg said: Only if the guns eventually make it to sites, which I'd imagine would happen at least two or three transactions away from the thieves. The whole lot have probably been traded for a day's fix, then they'll be punted on by the fence or dealer as sweeteners to their under-age runners. Most of them will languish in wardrobes, wrecked, or be chucked in a canal rather than sold on to anyone who'll have a clue what they really are. ^^This exactly. Although my work is around financial crime investigation, the connection we see to the drug cultures is solid. This exactly has been the case in the past. I've see it first hand. If any are sold on, it will be from runners to their mates, they will unlikely ever end up in the airsoft world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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