From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also the 'law' under which this requirement was set must
have been made in Parliament originally. Local councils
cannot impose or make 'laws' they can only enforce or
accept powers devolved to them by Parliament. Bye Laws
are imposed under powers
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This article from the December 2000 issue of Gun Mart
might square the circle on the airsoft story.
Rusty
GunMart December 2000
Toys are not us?
It has come to our attention that Sussex Police
submitted some Airsoft sub machine gun toy replicas
From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some local authorities may be imposing their own rules by virtue of planning
laws or possibly via the environmental health officer. Some councils are
prone to do this in an attempt to stop "firearms" being sold in their
feifdom. An example of planning law be
From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>But AFAIK, the police are only permitted to apply the Govt's rules and regs
>as far as firearms (and other projectile throwing objects, e.g. airguns)
are
>concerned, and that if they do such things they are themselves breaking the
>law.
Mike,
S
From: "jim.craig", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For the benefit of subscribers who might be wondering what all the fuss id
about. so-called 'air-soft' guns are plastic or die-cast metal replica guns
which operate either by spring /piston power or by freon gas from an
on-board reservoir. Some of the mor
From: "Stone.s451", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> But airsoft guns are not firearms as they are not "lethal barrelled weapons".
>
> Steve.
>
Playing HO/GCN advocate:
Lethal - yes: to spiders, ants etc (mice? rats? at close range?) .
Barrelled - yes.
Weapon - yes: designed or used to inflict harm -
From: "Mike Burns", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--snip--
There is a notice in Sussex Model Centre stating that
purchasers of BBs and airsoft gear have to fill in names
and addresses to comply with Police Authority
requirements following the change in law (1998) !!
Anyone shed any light on this please?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is a notice in Sussex Model Centre stating that
purchasers of BBs and airsoft gear have to fill in names
and addresses to comply with Police Authority
requirements following the change in law (1998) !!
Anyone shed any light on this please?
Chris
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