UK:call for tighter control on air guns

[markh]

Just seen a report on BBC news 24 which may impact UK paintballers. UK trading standards have called for tighter controls on “air guns”. By air guns they were referring to the type which fire a small metal pellet. The report said there has been a rise in the number of injuries from such weapons, and one death. This is mainly due to children/teenagers taking pot shots at people. They want to restrict the selling of these guns to those over seventeen, to reduce this trend. Fair enough, but we in the paintball community should be careful that any change in law does no inadvertently restrict the rights of generally sensible paintball players.

I remember something about Italy imposing some restrictions on air guns which hit paintballers.

BBC website has a report on this subject, but its from 25th March 2002

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1888000/1888038.stm

Anyone know anything further about this ?

 

[Alien]

I think they are refering to the "brocock" type of precharged air pistols. you can convert these in to a small caliber pistol if you have the engineering kit handy.

Have to be carefull though as the "powers that be" are very good at using the sledgehammer method to nut method

Alien