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Firesupport Ltd - Airsoft Shop
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IMPORTANT please read
Urban Assault
and Free Fire Zone are Registered members of the UKARA
Site
scheme To join the UA / FFZ membership scheme is £5. see here Site membership forms are now available at either the Woodland or Urban sites and from the Firesupport shop. Please read on about why they are needed etc. The VCR Bill will only restrict the sale of Replica guns, everyone will still be able to buy everything else without any id.
The Law Furthermore, selling an imitation firearm to, or the purchase of an imitation firearm by, anyone under the age of 18 years is illegal under Section 40 of the Act. Contravening this is a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment, a fine or both. In blunt terms it will not be legal to sell imitation firearms (of which realistic imitation firearms should be seen as a sub-set) to anyone under 18. A realistic imitation firearm is defined thus in the Act: 38 Meaning of "realistic imitation firearm"
(1) In sections 36
and 37 "realistic imitation firearm" means an imitation
firearm which-
(2) For the
purposes of this section, an imitation firearm is not (except by
virtue of subsection (3)(b)) to be regarded as distinguishable from a
real firearm for any practical purpose if it could be so
distinguished only-
(3) In determining
for the purposes of this section whether an imitation firearm is
distinguishable from a real firearm- The Statutory instrument entitled "arms and ammunition" which includes the Defence says the following about 'unrealistic imitation firearms'
The Defence The defence granted by the Home Secretary allows for the continuing purchase of Airsoft guns by those participating in, holding or organising Airsoft skirmishes. It is understood that in order to abide by the defence, the Airsoft community within the UK will become self-regulating. It is therefore of the ultimate importance that everyone involved takes their responsibilities seriously. Failure to do so could, in the worst case, see the defence being revoked. There will inevitably be cases where the Act will either be contravened or ignored. Should any of us be aware of such instances, it is in our own interest to ensure that such acts are brought to the attention of the relevant bodies or authorities and that law-abiding Airsofters distance themselves from those involved. What sites have to do. The Government has determined that a 'legitimate' site is one that holds third-party insurance. This is important, because only members of a site or club with valid third party insurance can claim to be "Airsoft skirmishers" for the purposes of the defence. This means that sites which want to help airsofters continue to buy replica airsoft guns must have insurance and also a membership scheme.
One option for
sites with insurance and a membership scheme that want to help
airsofters continue to buy replica airsoft guns is that they can
register with UKARA A group of retailers have formed an association called UKARA. UKARA has developed a scheme where by validated players will be able to prove that they are skirmishers as defined by the Government.
Non UKARA
retailers will be able to access this data if they subscribe to the scheme. Once a player has become a member of an UKARA registered site they can then complete an UKARA Player registration form and send it to an UKARA registered retailer (EG Firesupport or a full list of retailers can be found on the UKARA web site) The UKARA Player Registration form will be available from www.ukara.org.uk, registered skirmish sites and from registered retailers such as Firesupport. Free Fire Zone Ltd - membership
Free
Fire Zone and Urban
Assault are running a joint membership scheme and you can play
at either or both sites to become a member. Membership is £5 and
we will need a passport style photo with your name written on the back. Membership is open only to those 18 and over, parents please contact us by phone to discuss.
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