Mr Gold Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 hi all. Just bought a 2 tone m4 can I camo paint it or is this against the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted December 9, 2018 Supporters Share Posted December 9, 2018 Come on fella, try searching the forum before asking a question, I know your new, but it will help you a lot in the future. If you need to ask, chances are someone else has too! I won’t answer, because it has been answered a thousand times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Supporters Rogerborg Posted December 9, 2018 Supporters Share Posted December 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Mr Gold said: can I camo paint it or is this against the law On 28/10/2018 at 07:26, Rogerborg said: I have to be pedantic and note that it's never "legal" to modify an IF into a RIF. It's always an offence, just as it's always an offence to sell, manufacture or import one. Your need for a defence only kicks in if you are prosecuted for it. To the best of our knowledge, nobody ever has been, and so we don't actually know what would constitute a defence. Having a UKARA number is generally viewed as the safest option. Border Force do seem to accept that is a defence, and they treat it as though it were a licence to import (although it is not, as they acknowledge). Personally, I ensured that I had another airsoft skirmish booked (and deposit paid) before removing the two tone. I believe this actually more closely satisfies the requirements of the defence, which is to show that the purpose is to perform the nebulous "permitted activity" (airsoft skirmishing) in the future tense. UKARA only speaks to past behaviour. The tl;dr version is that it's entirely up to you to decide if and when you modify your IF into a RIF. There's no case law, no guarantee of safety, but there's been no prosecutions that we know of either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gold Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 thanks sorry to be a noob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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