Upum
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Post by Upum on Apr 7, 2014 11:48:14 GMT -5
Before i do some research i thought i'd ask here, it is NOT legal to play airsoft on state land correct? I don't want me and my friends to be the assholes that make airsofters look bad.
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Post by Gimpalong on Apr 7, 2014 12:06:19 GMT -5
Firstly, you need to utilize correct punctuation on this forum. Secondly, it is generally preferable that you do your research FIRST and then ask for help after you've exhausted your other resources. Thirdly, had you bothered to search you would have found this discussion on this very forum. Here are the State Land Rules. State Land Rules 299.922(i): Part (h) would seem to ban airsofting as it might damage vegetation. Part (i) would seem to ban paintballing as it "marks" trees, rocks, etc. My suggestion would be to call your local authorities and specifically ASK THEM. If you do decide to go out and play on ANY public land or ANY private land visible to the public you should contact your local law enforcement agency to inform them what you are doing. The one thing we do know for sure is that it is legal to play airsoft at sanctioned fields which is what we generally encourage forum members to do.
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Post by M.S.-ARC on Apr 7, 2014 12:24:18 GMT -5
Generally its just not a good idea to play on state land as you are not in control of who can wonder into your area at any time. You run the risk of injuring someone who is not aware of whats going on or you even run the risk of someone who is hunting and feels threatened and may even fire back with a real weapon.
Designated places like paintball fields or privately owned fields with the written permission from the owner is the way to go.
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Post by Ogre on Apr 7, 2014 12:45:54 GMT -5
I have talked to my local DNR office bout this, Yes it is legal to do. You just need to clean up afterwards (basically means you need to use Bios) However, you need to remember the golden rule. Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should. State land is not a safe place to play. Me being an Airsofter, If I run into a group of Airsofters while hunting, I will just relocate. If you come across someone who isn't familar with the sport and feels threatened, well I don't need to get into that.
TL;DR. Airsoft on state land.... Don't do it.
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Post by steelfallenangel on Apr 7, 2014 15:40:24 GMT -5
There's a park in my area that's fenced in and is a good deal away from the road. I've considered talking to the officers there to see if I'd ever be able to hold a pub day there. Might sound childish but there is a massive wooden complex there designed for children, but it closely mimiced one I saw from a overseas game complete with balcony's, catwalks and crawl space. The wooden complex is about the size of Phoneix with a sizable amount of land surrounding it with mixed tree's and brush.
After reading that clarification of the law though, I'd doubt they'd let me rent it for the day.
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Post by Ogre on Apr 9, 2014 14:47:00 GMT -5
Yeah, there is a group that plays in parks down south. We don't like them very much.
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Post by Gimpalong on Apr 9, 2014 15:13:40 GMT -5
It's not really that we dislike them personally, it's that we think what they're doing is dangerous and not to the benefit of airsoft in the state as a whole.
It's one thing to host a private game on private land with friends. It's quite another to widely advertise and then host an event on public land involving many people that the event host does not even know without consulting law enforcement or even attempting to understand local laws.
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Post by steelfallenangel on Apr 9, 2014 19:49:36 GMT -5
I didn't mean to imply I ever thought doing it without the permission of the local police or the city officials was a good idea. Just that it was a interesting area that if permission was given may be cool to try once.
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Post by Kurt 19D on Apr 10, 2014 5:44:54 GMT -5
If anyone remembers Team Iris, they used state land for their own team practices west of Port Huron. They hosted a milsim weekend on it several years ago. They assured everyone that they had DNR approval to use it for airsoft. From what I rememeber where we were camped, anyone enetering the area would have to go through our camp to access the area we were playing in. There was always someone in camp that could warn someone what was going on. A river formed the rest of the boundary. It was one of the most memorable times playing airsoft. There were several well known MIA members playing. While I wasn't 100% comfortable playing on state land, there where no issues that I was aware of. I also don't recall using bios.
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