How well informed were you?

[JMusa]

Hi guys,
after a few events that have occurred to me today i was wondering how well informed were you about the laws when you first started?
When i first started playing even my friend who had got me into it confused me about the laws.
it was only until i stumbled across this place where i got a firm understanding of all the laws.
so please can you tell me how well informed you were when you first started airsoft.
please don't let this turn into a vcra argument .
many thanks
Jmusa

[The King]

Re: How well informed were you?

Well when i very very first started, as in back garden plinking, I had no idea.

however, Before my first proper airsoft game, I got myself onto the site forums, and tried to absorb as much as possible, and had a pretty good idea of the laws and rules before I had officially started airsoft.

That said, it still took a while for the 3 games in NOT LESS than two months to sink in, and there are still a few details that I am sketchy about. But I know enough.

[Swift]

Re: How well informed were you?

when i first started, i only really knew what id read on here as far as rules go. i wanted to at least have some idea before my first game.

given time though, ive picked things up and my understanding of the legal part of airsoft has got better.

[Froggy]

Re: How well informed were you?

I'm the kind of guy who will follow a link to wikipedia then vanish for a half-hour following the links between articles.

In short: very. I read lots.

[Aeviv]

Re: How well informed were you?

When I started there were no laws that we really needed to be ultra aware of, just the common sense stuff- Dont take it out in public, dont shoot it in the street etc, So I was pretty well informed but I didnt know the ins and the outs. However I saw the VCRB coming a long way off, as did alot of the community, and I made sure I knew it pretty much head to toe

[Gaffa]

Re: How well informed were you?

Thinking about laws and policies, which site do you play at Jmusa? Seen that you're only 14. Would love to know the insurance policies and cover for that one!

[The Laughing Man]

Re: How well informed were you?

yeah when i first started you could buy as much as you want no matter how often you played. i had close to ten guns and had only ever had 2 proper games at registered sites within 6 or 7 years.

i started airsoft like most in the back garden with springers. i was young at the time, 15 or so, and i didn't really read up on any rules when i bought my first aeg. at the time there weren't many to be honest - you just had to be sensible and not play around in public, which i didn't.

so, er, i didn't do anything wrong - just played with them in my front room with a large window when they arrived - so my first (and last) visit from some concerned policemen set me straight. i came on the forums and learned alot more, and was eventually so unhappy with how restrictive the vcra was, i moved out of the country lol.

I'm the kind of guy who will follow a link to wikipedia then vanish for a half-hour following the links between articles.

In short: very. I read lots.

me too mate. wikipedia is like a bottomless well for me - a half-hour on there is good for me; i can get lost for HOURS.

[Froggy]

Re: How well informed were you?

yeah when i first started you could buy as much as you want no matter how often you played. i had close to ten guns and had only ever had 2 proper games at registered sites within 6 or 7 years.

i started airsoft like most in the back garden with springers. i was young at the time, 15 or so, and i didn't really read up on any rules when i bought my first aeg. at the time there weren't many to be honest - you just had to be sensible and not play around in public, which i didn't.

so, er, i didn't do anything wrong - just played with them in my front room with a large window when they arrived - so my first (and last) visit from some concerned policemen set me straight. i came on the forums and learned alot more, and was eventually so unhappy with how restrictive the vcra was, i moved out of the country lol.



me too mate. wikipedia is like a bottomless well for me - a half-hour on there is good for me; i can get lost for HOURS.

I can second the young kid with what we call a springer deal, I've got a rubbish automatic G36c in my cupboard somewhere from back when you could just buy and airsoft gun in full black without any real reason. Large back garden meant I just went outside all day shooting at targets.

You think Wikipedia is bad, search for a site called the "SCP Foundation" and go on that Wiki. I'll see you next year, it's impossible to stop reading. (I can recommend several articles on there that will prevent you a) sleeping and b) going anywhere near stairs for the next few weeks.)

[JMusa]

Re: How well informed were you?

Thinking about laws and policies, which site do you play at Jmusa? Seen that you're only 14. Would love to know the insurance policies and cover for that one!

Tactical Warfare Airsoft
You have to wear full face until 16.
Minimum age is 12 there.
Thats all i know of really.

[cannon_fodder]

Re: How well informed were you?

Thinking about laws and policies, which site do you play at Jmusa? Seen that you're only 14. Would love to know the insurance policies and cover for that one!

Ultimate Airsoft allows 12 year olds. (my son started at 12)

However under 16's must wear approved full face and must be accompanied buy an adult (18+) PLAYER .
This is why I started playing ...the rules said that I HAD to come and play

[VampireKangaroo]

Re: How well informed were you?

I have been airsofting for nearly a year now and I would like to think that I picked up a good grasp of the rules withon 2/3 months.

[marcus688]

Re: How well informed were you?

I learned as soon as I read a couple of thread/arguments on here lol

[jfox61]

Re: How well informed were you?

I started before VCRA and then stopped. I had been informed of it just before I restarted. Luckily I still had my own guns so didnt need the mean greenmachines to play. Went to my local shop, found out about it then googled it and read some more.

[glock17]

Re: How well informed were you?

does anyone know if Northern Ireland has different policy on site insurance etc as we have 12 years or even younger playing in glasses

[HuntR]

Re: How well informed were you?

All sites insurance policies differ from others. But i'd bet my bottom dollar that if one of those children did get injured because of the lack of facemask then the site would be in deep doodoo