Why is Airsoft illegal in Australia?

[curef99]

what sort of difficulties would someone encounter opening an airsoft range, thereby providing a legit reason for owning for either milsim, sport shooting or airsoft based games?

there is an indoor CQB paintball site on adelaide harbor... airsoft pistol would be so much better there than paintball.
anybody try to contact them to get there point of view to generate more business?

[matt.pearce]

so if they legalise them, you will still need a licence?

[matt.pearce]

i use to live in the uk and my cousin had one. So awesome, rules in this country to strict

[Bungee]

I dont know if it is possible but the orange tip could be made out of something like tungsten cabide and painted a bright colour. If the paint were to be scraped off, the nozzle should be a little bit longer at the end so it is easily identifiable as an airsoft gun. Also, make them out of clear plastic or something, make sure it cant be painted over. And one last thing, maybe try to dumb it down by making the gun look face and not totally real because honestly who cares about the look of it, as long as you can shoot paper target and have fun with it!

[Mr. J]

We can't strive for airsoft to be classified in any firearms category, it would mean they are perceived as firearms (which are legal) instead of toys (which they are). You can get similar toys to airsoft at any kids store, they won't shoot little plastic harmless pellets though, but they look the same.

Don't see why anyone would now consider licensing them in any firearms class, as they do not fit in any, as there is no real use for an airsoft gun except to play with it in your backyard or simulate skirmish. Either one of those is not deadly and never will be. They are toys, simple.

Since the creation of guns, children have played with toy guns. Cowboys and Indians. Pow pow pow

Let's not try to change that, instead reclaim our rights to own these bloody toys because they're the same as any other toy gun you'll find at toys R us, anybody can paint that and it is just as deadly as an airsoft gun.

[Matteh]

Why not just have serial numbers printed on the airsoft guns so that when someone purchases one they have to sign off for it and if the gun has been used for criminal activity they can find where and who bought it ?? and at airsoft fields make sure the serial numbers are checked by the staff to make sure no one has been scratching them . therefore the airsoft community wouldnt suffer for that one stupid person. And if the serials are scratched to often implant a microchip in all future airsoft guns

[Mr. J]

Why not just have serial numbers printed on the airsoft guns so that when someone purchases one they have to sign off for it and if the gun has been used for criminal activity they can find where and who bought it ?? and at airsoft fields make sure the serial numbers are checked by the staff to make sure no one has been scratching them . therefore the airsoft community wouldnt suffer for that one stupid person. And if the serials are scratched to often implant a microchip in all future airsoft guns

The government will not allow airsoft because of the military look (because they replicate guns).

A serial number has nothing to do with the reasons why they will not allow it.

[Mr. J]

A serial number is for gun registration.

Criminals don't buy REGISTERED guns. From what I've read gun registration has shit all impact on crime and is just another way to extract money from firearms holders. There's billions of dollars going in to the gun registries, but there's no actual point of it because criminals are buying guns on the black market not the legitimate market, so gun registration is just another hoop people have to jump through and of course adds to the monetary cost of owning a legitimate gun.

[pjf]

i am new to this, but i dont see why airsoft cant just be restricted to 18+ ? and the little kids can play with their Nerf guns, and why cant they just make it you need a licence to get them ? the government will be getting more money if we need to get a licence so why are they complaining? they like taking our money.

[Zeus]

You'll let me get away with this bump right Harry?

Have we considered going for a system akin to paintball guns in Victoria? After Martin Fuckwit and Howard wrecked our access to firearms, paintball guns got class A classification, now there's a separate paintball license. If we started small, looking for a license class, and then slowly work on removing the restrictions.

Make any crime committed with a tagger the same as if a firearm was used, and the penalties will be very high indeed.