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Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Lan784 on December 24, 2005, 11:22:01 PM
Airsoft guns are replicas of the real guns except they shoot 6mm plastic BBs. I mean a guy could walk into a store and rob the place with these things cause they look soo real but however they can never shoot real bullets.Should these things be requiered for a license?
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: VOR on December 24, 2005, 11:52:03 PM
Plenty of people have committed robberies with their finger stuck in their jacket pocket too, so no they shouldn't require licencing to prevent an airsoft crimewave.

They're still dangerous just like bb guns or paintball guns if misused, so the same rules apply to them where I live.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: SOB on December 24, 2005, 11:58:11 PM
No.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Golfer on December 25, 2005, 12:00:49 AM
Where do you come up with these questions?

And...no :)
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: SOB on December 25, 2005, 12:02:53 AM
No one taught him that he's supposed to flush after he's done...not play with it.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Swoop on December 25, 2005, 05:20:33 AM
I mean the way it is now, you're
                       takin' the same risk as
                       when you rob a bank.  You take more
                       of a risk.  Banks are easier!
                       Federal banks aren't supposed to
                       stop you anyway, during a robbery.
                       They're insured, why should they
                       care?  You don't even need a gun in
                       a federal bank.
                       I heard about this guy, walked into
                       a federal bank with a portable
                       phone, handed the phone to the
                       teller, the guy on the other end of
                       the phone said: "We got this guy's
                       little girl, and if you don't give
                       him all your money, we're gonna
                       kill 'er."

                                 
                       Did it work?

                                 
                       *****' A it worked, that's what
                       I'm talkin' about!  Knucklehead
                       walks in a bank with a telephone,
                       not a pistol, not a shotgun, but a
                       ******' phone, cleans the place
                       out, and they don't lift a ******'
                       finger.

                                 
                       Did they hurt the little girl?

                                 
                       I don't know.  There probably never
                       was a little girl -- the point of
                       the story isn't the little girl.
                       The point of the story is they
                       robbed the bank with a telephone.

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Title: Re: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Masherbrum on December 25, 2005, 07:59:57 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Lan784
Airsoft guns are replicas of the real guns except they shoot 6mm plastic BBs. I mean a guy could walk into a store and rob the place with these things cause they look soo real but however they can never shoot real bullets.Should these things be requiered for a license?


If you want this type of legislation, move to Austrailia.  

Karaya
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Suave on December 25, 2005, 09:48:48 AM
Isn't there a law in some us states that toy guns have to have a bright orange muzzle? If I lived in one of those states I would paint all the muzzles of my real firearms bright orange.

Speaking of toy guns, I notice that some airsoft guns now boast of muzzle velocities of approx 400 fps.

Is it a good idea to shoot anything at 400 fps at another human being? To give you some perspective standard issue 45 acp muzzle velocity is about 460fps if I remember correctly.

Sorry i was way off, 45acp is like 700ish fps.. senior moment.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: lasersailor184 on December 25, 2005, 10:01:56 AM
Yes, all fake guns are *required* to have a bright orange muzzle.

But any crime committed in which any gun, fake or real, is used to threaten someone will be treated like the gun is real.  I.E. If you rob the store with an M4 Airsoft gun, you will be punished like you robbed the store with a real M4.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Deth7 on December 25, 2005, 10:02:04 AM
45 acp more like 700-750 fps at the muzzle
Title: Re: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Jackal1 on December 25, 2005, 10:19:47 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Lan784
Airsoft guns are replicas of the real guns except they shoot 6mm plastic BBs. I mean a guy could walk into a store and rob the place with these things cause they look soo real but however they can never shoot real bullets.Should these things be requiered for a license?


By all means let`s write our state governments requesting this.
We also need to request that pocket combs, fingers, baseball bats, tire irons, cell phones, rolled up paper, ink and pen, toothbrushs, etc. etc. require a license or better still we need to ask for an all out ban on these articles. They have all been used in robberies and other acts of the non-law abiding folks.
Of course if we get what we request on this we may have a problem in building houses , etc because trees will definitely have to be outlawed. On numerous occasions they have been whittled, carved into shapes of various weapons.
We will also probably develop a pretty severe BO prob because soap has been carved into various weapon shapes and painted with such ghastly things as shoe polish to commit robberies, prison breaks......on and on it goes.
What do you propose we replace ball bearings with? They would definitely have to be totaly banned or put under tight regualtion and licensing. Projected from a  slingshot these things are more than deadly.
There goes our rocks. They will have to go........................... ..........
............................. ..................
...........................
Such legislation as this would be highly appreciated by the career criminal as it would make their life so much easier. Quite similar to gun bans. It simplifys things for the criminal.
Let`s get on this now and not let the opportunity slip by.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Yeager on December 25, 2005, 12:05:21 PM
A talented moron could make a replica of any weapon out of balsa wood and rob someone.

In fact, if you even say your have a weapon during a robbery the law treats you as having commited a felony with a weapon, even if it turns out you didnt have one.

I think criminals should be outlawed, including crime.  Or if the weapon used was in fact a replica, fake or curio item.

Lets make crime illegal!
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: wetrat on December 25, 2005, 12:39:18 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
Lets make crime illegal!
Here here! :aok
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Nilsen on December 25, 2005, 01:01:19 PM
Airsoft should be banned, and the shops should have to replace your newly bought replica with a real gun!

replicas... humbug guns..:huh




The military should get replicas until they learn how to point them AWAY from people.



Oh.. and never hand over a gun without first checking if its loaded or not.



Oh.. and never put down a loaded weapon.. empty the clip into the nearest insurgent or wasp-nest..


cheers
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: john9001 on December 25, 2005, 04:57:16 PM
Quote
Originally posted by lasersailor184
Yes, all fake guns are *required* to have a bright orange muzzle.

But any crime committed in which any gun, fake or real, is used to threaten someone will be treated like the gun is real.  I.E. If you rob the store with an M4 Airsoft gun, you will be punished like you robbed the store with a real M4.


in florida, if you tell the person you are robbing you have a gun , it is "armed robbery"
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Lan784 on December 25, 2005, 05:01:04 PM
in hawaii if you chase birds (certain kind) you get tickets!!!!! tickets to pay a fine
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Jackal1 on December 25, 2005, 05:07:21 PM
Those birds need to have  license plates glued to their butts so they can clearly be identified. They are clearly enticing passersbys to chase them for profit.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Lan784 on December 25, 2005, 05:11:00 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Jackal1
Those birds need to have  license plates glued to their butts so they can clearly be identified. They are clearly enticing passersbys to chase them for profit.




:lol :lol :lol :lol                  :rofl :rofl  :rofl :rofl
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Hawklore on December 25, 2005, 08:52:24 PM
You'll get hung for saying that outloud in Texas...

:lol
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Hawklore on December 25, 2005, 08:53:16 PM
Quote
Originally posted by john9001
in florida, if you tell the person you are robbing you have a gun , it is "armed robbery"


Good Law too..

Any threat of a weapon being used is an Armed Robbery.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Lan784 on December 25, 2005, 09:04:47 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Hawklore
You'll get hung for saying that outloud in Texas...

:lol




wanna bet?
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: nirvana on December 25, 2005, 09:22:40 PM
Ummm no.  Misuse and carelessness is what leads to people trying to ban everything.  Have you thought about joining the PMRC or Focus on the Family?:o
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Jackal1 on December 26, 2005, 06:43:45 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Hawklore
You'll get hung for saying that outloud in Texas...

:lol


Some of us here in Texas allready are. :)
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: indy007 on December 26, 2005, 08:59:54 AM
Here's a top 10 I learned when dabbling in airsoft with a bunch of paintball buddies...


1) It doesn't hurt. The people that think it hurts don't play paintball.

2) The first thing you do is paint over the orange on the barrel.

3) Cops don't like #2. It gets you handcuffed, on the hood, while they search your car. Three times on the way home. After they're done embaressing you, they play with your airsoft gun.

4) With some upgrades to the gearbox, you can easily hit 450+ fps. People will cry though. The same people will laugh when your gears, piston, & springs explode out the side of your gun because you cheaped out and didn't get the reinforced gearbox.

5) Spec Ops helmets may make you feel "tactical"... but us jihadist players will refer to you as "Spec Eds" for the rest of your life.

6) M4s will break in half if you land on them. AKs & AUGs won't... usually.

7) Sling your grenade and/or nerf football rpg launcher correctly, or you'll get a concussion when you trip at a full run and it smashes into the back of your head.

8) The police at the hospital don't like it when your carried in, with everybody dressed in full assault gear.

9) Appearently it's uncool to throw paint grenades at people in an airsoft event.

10) Don't ask me to surrender if I'm still shooting at you. That's just silly.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: FUNKED1 on December 26, 2005, 10:12:50 AM
What should be illegal is grown men playing with toy guns.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Suave on December 26, 2005, 10:34:51 AM
Quote
Originally posted by FUNKED1
What should be illegal is grown men playing with toy guns.


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Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Rude on December 26, 2005, 10:47:48 AM
stop being so frightened of everything...sheesh.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Sox62 on December 26, 2005, 11:17:51 AM
Buying a replica gun is like drinking O'Douls on New Years Eve.
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: indy007 on December 26, 2005, 11:45:51 AM
Quote
Originally posted by Sox62
Buying a replica gun is like drinking O'Douls on New Years Eve.


Maybe so, but people get really mad if you shoot them with a real gun... If they survive the initial and follow-on volleys.

Shoot somebody with a paintball or airsoft gun in the correct environment (playing field, insurance waivers signed), and they'll usually give you a high 5 afterwards :)
Title: Airsoft guns...should be illegal without license?
Post by: Golfer on December 26, 2005, 01:25:53 PM
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Originally posted by indy007

6) M4s will break in half if you land on them. AKs & AUGs won't... usually.


I can vouch for that one as well.  My spring and electric ones both broke.

The spring M4 is now a "paratrooper version" with no buttstock on.  It had a folding stock but the way it was made is 1 piece so now you can't replace it but for epoxy, duct tape and wishful thinking.  I left it off and the gun works but it stops at the pistol grip :)

Airsoft guns are GREAT for killing carpenter bees boring holes in wooden decks and patios.  get them while they hover and eventually more and more folks want to come and form a firing line to shoot the suckers.