New to playing airsoft in the UK? This episode of Anvil Airsoft TV (AATV) has the information you need so you won't worry that you may be violating the VCRA... "We'll be covering UK Law as it pertains to Airsoft and how it happened. UKARA, VCRA, airsoft Defense. There is a lot of (mis)information flying around so if you want to know what the law actually is and how it came about then tune in to find out.
Weaponsandstuff93 talks about legal stuff on airsoft in the UK and explains why they don't make sense. Watch it if to find out if you will agree or not... ... "A video explaining why the RIF (Realistic imitation firearms) laws applying to airsoft guns doesn't make much sense considering all the other RIF and non-RIF items that can be bought without a UKARA license."
Wolf Armouries is now offering brightly coloured AEGs for those who do not have UKARA skirmishing IDs..."Too lazy to get down to an Airsoft site and get registered? :-) If you are not yet registered with UKARA or cannot get along to an Airsoft skirmish site you can still purchase Airsoft guns under certain conditions. In line with the Violent Crime Reduction Act a gun is deemed unrealistic if the majority (i.e. +50%) is in a bright colour.
You are not registered at any skirmish site and below 18 years old? Too bad you can't purchase any airsoft weapon from UK retailers since the VCRA came into effect last 1 October 2007. But by a stroke of imagination, some UK retailers have banded together to help you out acquire your AEG without worrying about these, by coming out with 2-Tone product lines. Action Hobbys has released the first products under this.
Latest announcements from RSOV.com to its UK-based customers... "To our valuable customers in U.K.: We have cleared all airsoft guns orders to U.K. today which orders were placed before Setember 15, 2007. For orders that we shipped after September 15 we have used express service to make sure they can be sucessfully delivered on time and before the ban.
An announcement from Gunner Airsoft, especially to their UK-based customers...."Dear Customers, We`ve been very busy assembling the Unicorn AKS-74U, also unexpected amount of orders of UK customers. We can`t reply e-mails and follow up wholesale and tech problems effeciently, we apologise for all delay and troubles we made. This problem will be fixed next week. (This week we still working on the AKSU and UK orders, I think most of you know whats going on in UK.
Another news coming out in the countdown towards 1 October 2007 for the VCRA provisions on Real Imitation Firearms (read: airsoft guns) to take effect. Wolf Armouries will no longer be taking PayPal payments as PayPal will be banning any payment transactions for replica weapons due to the VCRA. This means that other UK retailers who use PayPal as a payment option for orders will soon follow suit.
Another announcement from RSOV.com that concerns UK-based customers... "We have received HUGE number of emails and orders everyday lately asking for order status as well as enquiries regarding the VCR bill after Oct 01. Plus the sudden increase of orders from UK my team and myself are currently swamped with orders. We are doing our best to clear all orders and get them shipped before September 18 to make sure they arrive U.K.
Airsoft Armoury is offering 10% discount to all of those who can present their skirmish site membership when buying products from them. "Due to the VCR Bill coming into effect on the 1st of October, we are offering anyone who can present their airsoft skirmish site membership a 10% Discount. Oh Yes, and we're open on Sunday the 30th of September as it will be the last day that you can buy before the bill comes into effect!"
Now, that's 10% off for these two:
RSOV.com, the ever reliable retailer of ACM airsoft gear has posted an announcement for all its UK-based customers: "Due to the unclear situations of the new airsoft regulations beginning from October 01, 2007 in U.K. We will STOP proceeding orders made after September 15, 2007 which has to be shipped to U.K. containing ' completed airsoft guns or replicas ' to avoid any argument with customers as well as guns being confiscated by customs under the VCR bill.
