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Did MAI Lie to me?

  • 07-08-2011 12:44am
    #1
    KeithAFarrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=2051745&postcount=3

    I just read this topic, and after being out at MAI this week, I was told by one of the guys there that Airsoft guns are LEGAL. OK so, maybe they are telling the truth or has the law changed since 2004 or whenever that post was?

    If you do need a license, how do you go about getting one? Is there an airsoft club who can get them for you if you undergo a training course or something?


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  • #2
    Razleavy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭Razleavy


    They have been legal since 2006, no need for a licence, etc. :)http://www.airsoft-database.info/view.php?title=Ireland%20Airsoft%20Laws


  • #3
    Airsoft Reloded
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭Airsoft Reloded


    The title is a bit extreme dude but sure anyway MIA couldn't have a full blown shop in a busy industrial estate if the sport was illegal when you think about it!


  • #4
    KeithAFarrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭KeithAFarrell


    Razleavy wrote: »
    They have been legal since 2006, no need for a licence, etc. :)http://www.airsoft-database.info/view.php?title=Ireland%20Airsoft%20Laws

    Thanks Raz, that clears that up.

    No offence was intended by the title Releaded. I just wanted to be corrected, since the last time I looked into all this, they were illegal. :p


  • #5
    Kells...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Kells...


    Your getting mixed up between a Airgun used for clearing vermin from farms,sheds so on and so forth which you need a license for and which Sparks was referencing in the post in the thread posted above.And a Airsoft gun which shoots plastic bb's used in the sport of Airsoft which you do not need a licence for.


  • #6
    KeithAFarrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭KeithAFarrell


    Thanks Trout, then I was miles off with this topic. lol


    The last time I had an airsoft gun, It was taken off me by the Garda for shooting targets in a field. So I wasn't sure, which is why I asked. I'm all clear now :cool: Thanks lads


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  • #7
    Kells...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Kells...


    Did you own the field?Was it out of public eye?


  • #8
    KeithAFarrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭KeithAFarrell


    TroutFisher wrote: »
    Did you own the field?Was it out of public eye?
    Nop, the field wasn't mine mate, but it was a fairly big place and we weren't near any people. so we weren't bothering anyone. Why do you ask mate?


  • #9
    Kells...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Kells...


    Nah.Because if you had permission or owned it.And no one could see you the guard had no reason to take it off you.


  • #10
    airsofter.adam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭airsofter.adam


    theyve been legal since 2006. The maximum limit is 1J or 328FPS.


  • #11
    Firekitten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Firekitten


    KeithAFarrell wrote: »
    Nop, the field wasn't mine mate, but it was a fairly big place and we weren't near any people. so we weren't bothering anyone. Why do you ask mate?
    Thats probably why they took it off you.


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  • #12
    Kells...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,721 ✭✭✭Kells...


    Obviously someone seen you and reported you for it.So you weren't that out of sight.


  • #13
    KeithAFarrell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭KeithAFarrell


    Yep :p Well I was young at the time, so they probably thought I was just another gurrier running riot in the fields. :rolleyes:

    Anyways, thanks all.


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