Indeed but they can be lenient with penalties etc and support changes in legislation, which helps no end.Sympathetic or not, a judge still has to apply the law.
Paintball under seige in Berlin!
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But if there is a suspicion that the law may have been broken, you need to take the case to the judge so that he can make his decision...Which means you have to get raided by the german police, get your marker confiscated on the suspicion of it violating the current law and you need to get an attorney.
End result might be that the judge helps change the legislation but in the meantime you will still get sentenced, your marker taken away and destroyed and you'll have to pay the attorney fees...
End result might be that the judge helps change the legislation but in the meantime you will still get sentenced, your marker taken away and destroyed and you'll have to pay the attorney fees...
I was thinking of the long term effect, this could be a good thing in the long run. Obviously not for those involved right now but it could draw attention to the outrageousness of the whole situation.
Hopefully there's some lawyers playing there today
Does anyone have the relevant part of the german law that actually defines what a firearm is?
In the US, pretty much all firearms law defines a firearm as something that fires a projectile by explosive force, and thus does not include paintball guns.
I would imagine if it's just ANYTHING that can fire a projectile with over 7.5 joules of energy that there are a lot of things that are illegal firearms in Germany. Like nail guns. Do they have those funky T-Shirt guns over there to shoot TShirts into crowds?
In the US, pretty much all firearms law defines a firearm as something that fires a projectile by explosive force, and thus does not include paintball guns.
I would imagine if it's just ANYTHING that can fire a projectile with over 7.5 joules of energy that there are a lot of things that are illegal firearms in Germany. Like nail guns. Do they have those funky T-Shirt guns over there to shoot TShirts into crowds?
I can see the headlines now, Mascot Clarebel die Kuh is strongarmed and dragged into custody by German police for giving away free t-shirts to crowds of children with T-shirt cannon.
Yeah they do. Been shot with one in Germany. Repeatedly. But then we were pushing up on their cheerleaders, so kinda had it coming.
It looks from the video link they are using reball .
Does anyone know how heavy a reball is as they feel much lighter than a paintball this would allow them to shoot higher velocitys without breaking the law does anyone know the weight of a reball.
The police that went in were looking for guns that were over 220fps they probably dont know that the weight of the ball is significant in the muzzle energy and if they didnt confiscate any ammo from that day how can they prove the energy was above what is allowed this could be a good defence for anyone that was there.
Does anyone know how heavy a reball is as they feel much lighter than a paintball this would allow them to shoot higher velocitys without breaking the law does anyone know the weight of a reball.
The police that went in were looking for guns that were over 220fps they probably dont know that the weight of the ball is significant in the muzzle energy and if they didnt confiscate any ammo from that day how can they prove the energy was above what is allowed this could be a good defence for anyone that was there.
If the law states 214fps as opposed to a specific energy then the weight of the ball doesn't matter.