Comic con season again

[hunter511]

And the gate has once again been left open at the c**t farm.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxzjlj27w8o

 

Conveniently just as certain politicians might be looking for a distraction. Also can we please use this to get rid of Just-Cos because its clearly letting lackwits threaten our hobby.

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[HZR13]

There's Always One

[hunter511]

I wouldn't mind but it would help if when the assorted comiccons said "no realistic replica firearms" in their rules they actually enforced it.....

 

That said the decision to walk through London open carry style is indicative of how badly we need Darwinian Evolution to kick in again.

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[Lyndication]

It's a dumb teenager who's probably spent too much time online to like, understand how that's perceived out in the real world.

 

It's something I keep telling new Airsofters when they go home in full tactical clobber and guns barely concealed in bags, (sometimes not concealed at all). 

 

People will notice. It takes one concerned caller saying the magical word "I think it's a gun" anywhere near a major public place, and then every bobby available will be on hand to feed you the pavement.

[EDcase]

I don't care what happens to muppets who fall foul of their stupid decisions.

 

What concerns me are the repercussions on airsoft.  As we all know the government is struggling with catastrophic policies and an increasingly volatile society so they'll jump on any chance to pretend they're cracking down on 'dangerous radical groups'.

We could easily go the way of Australia...

[Galvatron]

2 hours ago, Lyndication said:

It's something I keep telling new Airsofters when they go home in full tactical clobber and guns barely concealed in bags, (sometimes not concealed at all). 

 

People will notice. It takes one concerned caller saying the magical word "I think it's a gun" anywhere near a major public place, and then every bobby available will be on hand to feed you the pavement.

 

I agree completely. I don't just blame the kids, I blame the parents who show no common sense either. 

 

I was at an airsoft shop not so long ago where this lad, no more than 13 or 14 came in the shop open carrying some AR-15 based replica with his dad present. The staff gave them a minor bollocking and insisted they use a large plastic bag before leaving the store and rightly said an armed response unit could have been sent over. The shop was somewhat secluded in an industrial estate but the front door was directly opposite an active business.

 

 

Some of the most shameless idiocy I'd seen was at Birmingham ComicCon where people were open-carrying RIFs in the lobby at the NEC. Considering the location being right by a major UK airport and train station, how did they not think there is going to be a constant police presence?

 

The sooner we get rid of Just Cos or the sooner its terms invalidate the insurance if you open carry, the better.

[Lyndication]

I'm not sure how much stock I put in the idea of Airsoft getting banned or something. Maybe RIFs get more restricted and that would be shite, but he spray painted a two tone here.

 

If you're worried about it though, sign up with UKAPU. Genuinely, if a new weapons law de facto band Airsoft, we are going to need something that lobbies on our behalf with some collective representation.

 

It's how the NABV in the Netherlands got an exemption to firearms laws passed for Airsoft after it got banned for a few years. Not at all perfect, but we can at least learn from them.