Ban replica guns?

SGCWill

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Just watching C4 news, and apparently they're trying to ban replica "firearms" as they can easily converted.

The fact that I have spent hundreds of pounds on these, for pvp airsoft purposes is what ***** me off the most.

If they really want projectile weapons, im sure the little morons could figure it out - iron pipe, ball bearing, fireworks, flint or touch paper?
 
No they're not, they can't be converted, we already got an exemption from the VCR bill, they can't try and ban them again.
 
Mr_White said:
No they're not, they can't be converted, we already got an exemption from the VCR bill, they can't try and ban them again.
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What? you're telling me you can't convert a BB gun or blank firing pistol into a proper lethal weapon?

Been there done that, I mean if I can look up the net to get instructions to build a nuke, I dont think that turning a replica into a real weapon isn't that hard to find....

VCR bill? What does that do for replica arms?
 
SGCWill said:
What? you're telling me you can't convert a BB gun or blank firing pistol into a proper lethal weapon?

Been there done that, I mean if I can look up the net to get instructions to build a nuke, I dont think that turning a replica into a real weapon isn't that hard to find....

VCR bill? What does that do for replica arms?
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1: No, not in a million years, you'd have more luck turning a pen into a lethal weapon, any blank firers that can be convereted are extremely illegal, banned, and very thin on the ground to buy illegally, any on sale now are impossible to convert.

The VCR bill is the violent crime reduction bill where they tried to target and ban the sale and import of imitation replica firearms, which we got an exemption from.
 
Mr_White said:
1: No, not in a million years, you'd have more luck turning a pen into a lethal weapon, any blank firers that can be convereted are extremely illegal, banned, and very thin on the ground to buy illegally, any on sale now are impossible to convert.
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What about a G10/G2005, it could be converted - it wouldn't conform to any known standard, but its still a weapon?

Also, if you have stripped a weapon before you know thats there's nearly nothing to it, if its say a single shot bolt action .22 or that?
 
Part of me wants to see all replica / airsoft / air pistol / toy guns banned. Then the government can stand back and watch gun crime increase further and say "Hmmm... maybe lawful gun owners aren't the problem"
 
SGCWill said:
What about a G10/G2005, it could be converted - it wouldn't conform to any known standard, but its still a weapon?

Also, if you have stripped a weapon before you know thats there's nearly nothing to it, if its say a single shot bolt action .22 or that?
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They're air pistols, and no, they can't be converted.

I would have thought you would know this considering you're an airsofter.

Any replica firearm on sale today CAN NOT be converted to be a firearm, full stop.

You'd have to machine every part from scratch, the similarity between replicas and firearms is their appearance, and that's it, the similarities end there.

I'm not even going to bother if you honestly think replicas can be converted, you're as bad as mothers against guns.

Airsofters and ABA fought against this for a long time, we won, we got an exemption, replica firearms won't be banned and they're not going to try and do it again.
 
Yeah OK so it's not easy for the average chav/spide but it is possible!!

I'm sure that the minister (whomever he was) will try as hard as he can to ban them, but I think he's just a pebble in a sea.
 
SGCWill said:
Yeah OK so it's not easy for the average chav/spide but it is possible!!

I'm sure that the minister (whomever he was) will try as hard as he can to ban them, but I think he's just a pebble in a sea.
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Not it isn't, you'd have to machine your self a firearm from scratch, you can not convert replicas, replicas cannot be converted, it is impossible to convert a replica, a repica a firearm does not make.

Get it?

And no, they won't try as hard as he can to ban them, they already tried, we got an exemption, an EXEMPTION

They're not going to be banned.

End of thread.
 
SGCWill, i find it offensive that your an airsofter and are under the impression that your AEGS springers or GBB's can be converted to fire live ammunition

as mr white has pointed out, its impossible!

perhaps you should quit while your ahead and sell your airsoft guns on and never touch a gun of any type ever again
 
Mr_White said:
Not it isn't, you'd have to machine your self a firearm from scratch, you can not convert replicas, replicas cannot be converted, it is impossible to convert a replica, a repica a firearm does not make.
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I'm not an airsofter, and couldn't care less if they get banned or not, but I'm curious about a report on the ITV news yesterday, where they went into a sports shop, bought a replica gun and then some gangsta in a pub in East London offered to convert it for £200 or something. So what are you saying here? that the ITV news report was either wrong or made-up? That either the reporter is lying or the guy in the pub was on the scam?

It wouldn't surprise me if ITV were wrong here, but if they are then I think it needs to be highlighted. It certainly made me, from my own ignorant point of view, believe that replica guns can be easily converted.
 
scorza said:
I'm not an airsofter, and couldn't care less if they get banned or not, but I'm curious about a report on the ITV news yesterday, where they went into a sports shop, bought a replica gun and then some gangsta in a pub in East London offered to convert it for £200 or something. So what are you saying here? that the ITV news report was either wrong or made-up? That either the reporter is lying or the guy in the pub was on the scam?

It wouldn't surprise me if ITV were wrong here, but if they are then I think it needs to be highlighted. It certainly made me, from my own ignorant point of view, believe that replica guns can be easily converted.
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Any of the three, any replica on sale simply cannot be converted to a firearm.

There was a few types that could be, which were a certain type of air pistols and blank firers, both of which have been banned and are very illegal.

So unless ITV obtained an illegal item, then they were being scammed.

For £200 with the right equipment however, you could pretty much machine a firearm from scratch, but you can't convert a replica.
 
an airsoft gun fires 6mm plastic "bullet balls", and are generally made from plastic or monkey metal, and are in no way strong enough to withstand real ammo, plus the internal workings are not even similar

*corrected for silly typos*
 
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scorza said:
I'm not an airsofter, and couldn't care less if they get banned or not, but I'm curious about a report on the ITV news yesterday, where they went into a sports shop, bought a replica gun and then some gangsta in a pub in East London offered to convert it for £200 or something. So what are you saying here? that the ITV news report was either wrong or made-up? That either the reporter is lying or the guy in the pub was on the scam?

It wouldn't surprise me if ITV were wrong here, but if they are then I think it needs to be highlighted. It certainly made me, from my own ignorant point of view, believe that replica guns can be easily converted.
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or the guy in the pub was trying to make a quick 200, the only replica firearms that can be made into a real firearm are some kind of old CO2 cartridge gun, which have already been banned

a real imitation firearm is normally just a bb gun used in airsofting, which is what they wanted banned, not for fear of converting, but for that fact they look real enough if they're being pointed at you

[edit] an Imitation firearm is an air pistol or air rifle, which arn't modeled on any particular weapon

this comes from potential criminals buying a £20 RIF from a market or car boot sale then being able to hold up a shop keeper

for what it's worth all that should happen is to make retailers of an RIF or an IF carry a license to make sure there are no cheap weapon look alikes on the market
 
ONESHOTKILL said:
i am planning on starting to collect deact ww2 rifles and weapons,i hope the dont ban deacts
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Exempt.


Jackal said:
a £20 springer would like far too plasticy to fool most people thou, or so you'd think
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They do but you always get the gullible people who think kids are running around with firearms, not that it matters now though, airsofters have been through this enough and won :cool:
 
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