As an airsoft skirmisher and owner in UK, I cannot stress the
importance of understanding the rules and regulations associated
with owning realistic imitation firearms (RIF), understanding the
safety procedures and the responsibility of owning one.
As the owner of a RIF, it is your responsibility to ensure that
your RIFs are only used in a responsible manner, and remain covered
up at all times when transporting them in public.
If stopped by police(this applies only to countries where
airsoft is legal), be open, honest, upfront, and cooperate
fully with them.
Finally, in UK to buy a RIF, you need to provide proof that you
are a skirmisher, military re-enactor, work in the film industry or
in the security/police/military industry and have a valid need to
buy and own RIFs.
Personally I own about 10 RIFs. even when plinking into my own
yard I make it a point to never have even part of the weapon
sticking out into the yard.
Your rules do remind me of Hong Kong. They operate the
same way.
At the competition, you practically sees those hongkongers dumping
their spent magazines like its no big deal. And when the
the magazines are damaged, they just simply dump them into a
dustbin like its a broken toy.
We singapore counterparts was always so careful to remove the
magazine from the weapon and securing the magazines properly into
our belts before we move on to another target.
The only same was our attitude to gun safety, irrespective
they are airsoft or real 9 mms.
