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Should Australia legalise Airsoft?
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| Voting Style: | Open | Point System: | 7 Point | ||
| Started: | 2/12/2019 | Category: | Politics | ||
| Updated: | 3 years ago | Status: | Post Voting Period | ||
| Viewed: | 453 times | Debate No: | 120285 | ||
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Pro The sport provides a fun, Action pack activity, And there is no strong reason the game should be banned.  Con If they add an orange tip to there airsoft guns it won't work because a criminal could very easy color the tip black or take it off. If you were being mugged you wouldn't know any better and would think it's a real gun and you can't see the tip when your guns holstered so a police officer might shoot you if he/she thinks it's real. |
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Pro Australia have very strict laws regarding anything related to firearms. One of which is transporting them. Only the owner of the firearm, (or co-owner) is permitted to transport them. Even then, They are only allowed to transport them to an appropriate location such as the gun range. When transporting, The gun cannot be openly visible. You are required to put the gun in a gun bag. This law can be introduced into the airsoft laws in order to prevent immature kids walking the streets with a gun that looks realistic. However, That law will not prevent at least one or two people from trying to pull pranks on people or even attempt to rob someone. Obviously the police would step in and attempt to stop that person. Again, The gun will be treated as a real gun and the police would act accordingly. The act would be considered armed robbery and the person would face jail time. Con Airsoft guns can be hurtful if you load them with metal bb's and set them to full auto they can create property damage or seriously hurt someone. |
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Pro What makes this topic even worse is that Australia has recently legalised gell blasters. If you are not familiar with them, They are almost the exact same as airsoft. The only obvious difference is different ammunition. Airsoft guns shoot balls made of biodegradable plastic, While gell balls shoot balls made of gell. The procedure for dealing with an armed person is not to shoot them immediately. If an immature kid decided to walk around a public place holding an airsoft gun, The police will deal with the kid according. The last thing they want to do is shoot a child. They might point their gun at them and arrest them (illegal transportation of firearm) but they would not shoot unless that kid does something very stupid like point the gun at them. However, Most people would comply when there are multiple guns pointed in your direction. Thank you for a very interesting debate. Good luck in the voting stage. Con TheBlackCat forfeited this round. |
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If anyone has any other suggestions/information that I may be able to look into further. Please let me know. There are mass support in favour of the sport however the laws have not changed.