Airsoft legality

[fofuz]

I'm new to airsoft and I've heard from some sources that it's illegal here in MI. However, from what I've seen on this forum and some other websites it seems that there's nothing wrong with it.

So, I'll leave it up to you experts to inform me as to what the rules are as far as legality is concerned. I appreciate any feedback.

Thanks!

[Bigmack]

it's legal. don't fret it.

[Knief]

I brought this topic up a while ago because my friends mom was going to give the gun to the police because they misunderstood and told her it was illegal.

miairsoft.proboards2.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&n=1&thread=3857&start=0

look for the long posts by WTS_mike. Those are the two that really clear it up. Not to mention the fact that the police seized some gun at a recent event because nobody told them about it and they were called in to handle it. Well, now Bigmack and the rest of the people have been told that they can come pick them up and they're trying to figure out a time. i don't think that they would let Bigmack pick it up if airsoft wasn't legal. It'd be like telling someone they could come pick up the crack they just confinscated.

[fofuz]

Sounds great, thanks for the help guys.


I guess my next question would be how many of you have the legal orange tips on the guns? If not, how'd you get them without?

[Minky]

I don't know of many people who've got their guns with no orange barrel, since that's an importation requirement. That being said, most of us simply remove the orange once we have the gun in our own hands. Most of the time simple rubbing alcohol will take the orange paint right off, but it depends on what retailer your guns are coming from. I think the new trend is that the rifles with removable flash hiders are now coming with an extra solid orange plastic one installed to fulfill the requirement of a "permanent" orange tip. Luckily, you can just unscrew the orange flash hider and replace the stock one, making your gun look factory fresh.

[dicepackage]

Everyone who had the guns confiscated had no orange tip and we are all getting them back.

[Knief]

On my glock, the paint easily scraped off with a fingernail. With my PDW, i bought a silencer (no orange) to house a longer barrel and now i don't use the flash supressor with the orange paint.

Minky's right, it's very hard to find a retailer that will sell guns without orange on it, if there are any at all.

[fofuz]

I can get a deal on the following:

Airsoft KWC Gas Blow-Back Sig P226

I have a friend who bought it but doesn't want it after all and told me he'd sell it to me for 40 bucks. What do you guys think?

Brand new btw

[Robo]

definatly buy it

[Minky]

Eh, I dunno, I haven't heard too much about the KWC P226. It's one of their liteweight models....might not be worth the $40 even. I think Sickpointe has that gun though, so maybe he'll chime in here.

[Hadoken]

Eh, I don't think it's worth it. In the end you'll just be kicking yourself in the ass for buying such a pos, so I think you'd be better off saving a little more money and getting something better. You can buy KWA beretta's, sigs and cz's for about $35 more on ebay, IMHO they'd make a much better purchase.

[Robo]

yeah but even if he didnt like it, couldnt he just resell for more?

[napalm113]

they can take my airsoft gun when they pry it out of my cold dead hands or when they give me a better one in it's place ;D

[dicepackage]

Thank god you didn't go to Operation Imediate Response.

[fofuz]

okay, so if I skip the p226, where could I get a glock 17 and a LAM, and how much would that run (I'm going to guess around 150)?