ALL FOR AIRSOFT IN AUSTRALIA

Hi guys, firstly let me say i am totally with your cause to legallise airsoft in Australia. I firmly believe that a Sport like this would do wonders, especially for the younger generation - getting the kids more active and away from the t.v and computer games. I cant think of a better way to do it than to get them out in the sun playing such a sport as airsoft,with childhood obesity on the rise in this country. The Australian Govt Should be looking at ways to get our kids more interested in the outdoors. Airsoft is certainly a way to do it.

Lets Face it airsoft TOYS may look like the real thing but the fact remains they ARE NOT. an Airsoft TOY can NEVER be made to fire real amunition. Even if the Govt were to make them licenseable, give each one its own registration number, give them not just orange flash suppressors but oronge barrels and magazines and make it an offence to change or paint these items on the toy any other colour. So those of us in the general public as well as the police service CANNOT mistake them as real weapons. Make The laws and penalties for using such toys in any other way than what they were designed (for the sport of airsoft) the same if not worse than doing it with a real firearm.

It is a terrible shame, that australians miss out on such a great sport because of the irresponsible actions of people who have used REAL FIREARMS not TOYS to inflict harm.

From wot I read in the papers and Have been told by various firearms license holders, It appears that firearms laws in Queensland at least are about to get even tighter, Take The RSL Having to Have all there Wooden replicas Deactivated and certified inoperable by an armorer. (These things are made of wood and could never fire a shot).

I would like to help in any way that i can. To get the message across to the govt that airsoft is a safe sport one that every Australian should have the RIGHT to enjoy if He or She so chooses.

Wot are your thoughts Guys...

I agree 100% that even if myself had the possibility of participating in airsoft back when I was 14 or so, I wouldn't even watch TV or use the computer much. The sport is exactly that a sport just like paint ball and laser skirmish its just a sport, Not only would it be good for getting people active and social but would get people involved more in the military part of things as I know personally that if you dress up army and adopt army tactic's while playing airsoft you being to have a habit then think to yourself well I could get paid for this and then join the military.

Anyway what I cant understand is the reason for the ban, Australia is known to be this bastard tough country but then you find out that we can't even have a sport which less harmful then paint ball, so yeah I don't know what else to say but for us to have airsoft.

Hi. My team here the US would like to help AUSTRALIAN AIRSOFT come back to life. How can we help? Out....

You AUSTRALIANS know what it feels like to not have Airsoft. Well we in the us are about to loos Airsoft due to the ATF's proposals that Airsoft rifles can be made into real firearms. RONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! even if you got all the stuf for that tipe of thing IT WOULD BLOW UP & THE ROUND WOULD NOT FIT. If anyone would like to help we would realy be greatful. WE ARE IN NEED OF DIER & DESPORIT HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unless I am just writing myself.

Hey bud, that just one of the very excuses i was supprized that our government havent used, that's just pathetic what our governments are trying to take our sports from us. They cant even look into the matter, one person screams GUN and they ban them, no thought or reasonable action taken.

Exactly. That is why I put together a list of the stores and what they thought. this gave me an idea about the Australian potion. what if I brought it to America and started getting names here and than hand it over to you guys to get more names? Have an overflow effect. Until then I will be representing the AUSTRALIAN ARMY threw Airsoft here

Well to me this is just like when they censor games that would be otherwise uncut in other countries... bunch of pollies who know nothing making the rules for everything...

Master of Puppets wrote: Well to me this is just like when they censor games that would be otherwise uncut in other countries... bunch of pollies who know nothing making the rules for everything...

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I strongly agree with you here, it makes me sick to my stomach that they most likely just got told that this item fires a small propellant and that it looks like a real gun, and withought any adue or any though they attack witht the 'Ban Hammer'.