good bye paintball

[Stuart]

I think its also because the kind of people who 'play' with paintball/BB guns etc are the 'wrong' sort who are likely to got postal and kill people with real guns...... so its just disconnecting the freaks from their toys

[scott.parker]

Umm, not really Stuart, when i was 13 my dad took me along to a gun club he was in, i got to fire an old peace maker 0.22 cal revolver, the instructor said to fire it's first shot with NO ear defenders on, so i could appreciate it's power and the respect you should treat fire arms with etc, and it was so dam loud, it made me slightly dizzy from the peacing rigging it left in my ears, and if you shot a small pistol like that you wont want to be getting a bigger gun to go "on the run" with, as any normal person with an interest in guns WONT be an idiot enough to use one in the wrong place etc..

But that was short lived as the dick head in Dunblane meant all fire arms clubs were shut down full stop..

So me and my dad joined an air rifle club, we use to go allot, but not been in years, have a few rifles between us, and Ive got some soft air BB pistols, but now it looks like you cant even legally use them, as for paint balling, thats just stupid to stop something as controlled and in the right hand's safe and fun as that..

Scott

[Mazz]

So even .77 and 2.2's are illegal?

[mowgli]

so, as most people's experiences of air guns are the ones at the fair with the banana shaped barrels, this is a minority law.....

its a pity that these london 'gangs' can't have american people with jobs as role models...

[bai1ey]

Umm, not really Stuart, when i was 13 my dad took me along to a gun club he was in, i got to fire an old peace maker 0.22 cal revolver, the instructor said to fire it's first shot with NO ear defenders on, so i could appreciate it's power and the respect you should treat fire arms with etc, and it was so dam loud, it made me slightly dizzy from the peacing rigging it left in my ears, and if you shot a small pistol like that you wont want to be getting a bigger gun to go "on the run" with, as any normal person with an interest in guns WONT be an idiot enough to use one in the wrong place etc..

But that was short lived as the dick head in Dunblane meant all fire arms clubs were shut down full stop..

So me and my dad joined an air rifle club, we use to go allot, but not been in years, have a few rifles between us, and Ive got some soft air BB pistols, but now it looks like you cant even legally use them, as for paint balling, thats just stupid to stop something as controlled and in the right hand's safe and fun as that..

Scott

Scott i have to agree with you mate. Brought up on small holdings with alot of vermin to control and was always taught to have upmost respect for 'guns' air or other wise.
I was also part of a gun club where i shot a muzzle loading .40 pistol and a muzzle loading .38 pistol as well as a number of other .22 and .38 rifles.
Again i got to shoot the .40 pistol outdoors without ear defenders and it was very loud to say the least .

I say insted of just banning what they see as a 'leathel' weapon they should start educating people as to the dangers of them from a young age.
Also we could take a page out the USA's book and make them all leagel as there seems to be less gun crime over there when it is all legal then over here when you can only get a pistol on the black market ect.

When you live in the country you need a air rifle at least to control rats, pigouns(sp), crows and such its just not practical to make these illegal

[mowgli]

Also we could take a page out the USA's book and make them all leagel as there seems to be less gun crime over there when it is all legal then over here when you can only get a pistol on the black market ect.

When you live in the country you need a air rifle at least to control rats, pigouns(sp), crows and such its just not practical to make these illegal

you have never spouted such crap as in the above statement...

uk gun murders per year, average about a couple of hundred, whereas in america its more like 20000.......

my wifes uncle from long island actually asked me what gun crime was like in the uk, and was astounded by the figures

if a gang member from south LA gets put on death row (where they usually don't actually get killed off) he will live longer than if he doesn't get imprisonned...

they only want the guns to be licenced & registered.... as long as you comply and have a decent locked storage box, then thats great...

if you own a weapon that gets stolen & is used in a robbery, then you get into really big trouble..i know someone who might get jail time for it..

before you ask, i'm a country person born & bred, i follow the hunt, i don't shoot pheasants etc, cos i don't get any pleasure from it, either from the kill, or the taste of the meat, but i don't stop anyone from doing it.

[bai1ey]

ok mowgli fair point on the US thing but they are gonna make air weapons illegal if i have followed this thread right?

[mowgli]

this will be to combat gang crime in inner city areas... it is not intended to stop someone popping a few pigeons/squirrels etc, or to stop baxter shooting fraggles...

[Stuart]

I'm sure they mean you need a license to hold an air weapon.... no problem for those who arent wrong uns...... a dire mess for Baxter and the likes

[Mike]

Most top end paintball markers are only 300fps, so still completely legal to own with no license.