You have taken Brians statement completely out of context. What he said had nothing to do with the laws regarding brandishing. He's not COP bashing and I have no idea how the Military got not the equation.....
He was talking about the Police and CBSA enforcement officers not knowing all the particular laws regarding importation and ownership. They would rather not take the chance of enforcing the law incorrectly or simply don't understand how the law relates to Airsoft. In the case of CBSA this results in seizure, with the Police it results in confiscation and a weapons charge you have to fight in court.
The Police and CBSA can't be expected to know the law regarding every item that passes into this country. I get it. It's allot to deal with. We think it's easy because we handle Airsoft everyday, but if you were a CBSA officer and I handed you a Fuid Containment Annulus right now, would you be able to tell me without looking it up if it's OK to import? On this point I agree with you.
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Originally Posted by shawngordo
I strongly disagree with you Brian. Police and the military do what they are trained to do and if people are going to commit a crime the restrictions wouldn't matter as they could spray paint an orange tip if that rule would be brought in, people could spray paint a gun to make it more realistic and they could even smuggle them in.
Quote from bshantz on JOC "IMO, law enforcement and military are the true idols and heros of this nation.
It's ironic that those who need protecting are the ones who are protesting."
Quote from Battalia on JOC "If you decide to take your life into your own hands and threaten others with a fake or real gun, that's your choice, but the law states that any gun, real or fake, will be treated as a real gun. That leaves no room to criticize our police and military for doing the right thing. You want to wave guns in public? go live somewhere else."
I don't think anything else could be more offensive then blaming police for acting defensively when a gun is pointed at them. Can you honestly imagine a cop being aimed at with an airsoft gun from some kid and have the cop say "oh it's not real" and then be shot dead? Be realistic, airsoft guns should be treated exactly as real weapons.
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