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"...One of the cases involves four people detained for using improvised firearms to a game called Counter Strikes.
The police encouraged the public to report any possession of firearms, including Airsoft guns and shotguns, with rewards ranging from 5,000 yuan ($770) to 10,000 yuan.
Private possession of firearms in China is strictly prohibited with very limited exceptions...." 
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“…DOT also spent $4,289.83 at AirSplat.com, a California company that specialized in airsoft guns, paintball guns and the associated equipment….”
Thumpy Covey's insight:
Yea, that’s gonna be hard to explain to the boss…who just happens to be WISCONSIN TAXPAYERS!…Hoo Boyee… Not sure if the DOT has some legal enforcement personnel who might have got airsoft for training…otherwise, “you got a lotta ‘splainin’ to do, Lucy…”
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“The law commission has today published its report on firearms which you can read here; There’s a good chance it will be put into law, as this is the case with law commission reports generally. From our perspective the most interesting parts are that they state that the lethality threshold should be set to 1J, but that an airsoft exemption should be created (based around the VCRA 2006 specific exemption). They recommend setting this exemption at 1.3J/2.5J in line with the 2011 ACPO testing. This is great news. Sensible conclusions, no more ‘airsoft legal limit’ grey areas, and they’ve listened to the airsoft associations. Also note that we were supported by BASC and GTA….Matt Furey-King, Chairman UK Airsoft Players Union…”
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GOOD NEWS FROM THE LATEST LEGAL REVIEW and Recommendations, via MATT FUREY-KING and the UKAPU on their Facebook Page…CLICK THE BANNER ABOVE for the details…and the link below for the full report…
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Every so often, we get one of these stories in the old news feeds...and the overriding question that we ask every, single, stinkin', time is...."if they are illegal, why do so many airsoft guns come out of government-owned factories?" You answer for yourselves.