Official laws about Airsoft

USA

1. Under federal law:

• Airsoft guns are not classified as firearms and are legal under federal law and laws in each state. However, in some major cities and population centres within the definition of a firearm within their ordinances respected includes propulsion spring or compressed air, therefore, subject to applicable laws.
• A minimum of 6 mm orange tip must be present in the barrel end of Airsoft pistol to identify him as such for any commercial sales. [1] Once sold, local laws vary on whether or not the orange tip should be - in many places, there are no laws that restrict delete or replace one of the orange tip, but one should check local laws before to make that change.
• Airsoft guns "marks must be removed when the manufacturer does not have an existing license agreement with the manufacturer arm of live ammunition. For example: Classic Army has a licensing agreement with Armalite, so brands can remain on the importation replicas of weapons Armalite. In practice performance is affected or lost. You could get a "license" of weapons through customs with brands intact, while a licensed weapon could be carried out in Customs by an evil customs agent. House Resolution 607, sponsored in early 2007, if this change is adopted, allowing imports to maintain brands, even if there is no agreement between a manufacturer of firearms and the real replica manufacturer.
• In addition, the similarity between a real firearm and Airsoft replicas is close enough to provoke interaction with local law enforcement if a weapon Airsoft is carried openly in public.
• If someone, for example, an attempted robbery with a gun Airsoft, are paid as if the gun Airsoft is a real firearm.

2. New York City requires that all realistic toy or imitation firearm was evident brightly colored plastic or, on the other hand, New York City makes possession of any gun or air rifle or air a similar instrument in which the force of propulsion is a spring or air, illegal without a license. See New York City Administrative Code § 10-131 (b) and New York City Administrative Code § 10-131 (g) (1) (a) [3]. The rest of New York State is not affected by these laws, and there are no state regulations that limit or prohibit Airsoft.
3. Michigan restricts the purchase of these weapons so that they can only be bought from a dealer. Black market retailers are also a source for the purchase of Airsoft guns in Michigan.
4. Texas allows Airsoft guns to be owned, but most cities require that Airsoft guns are unloaded, while just outside the city limits.
5. Illinois believes that the shipment or distribution of illegal weapons Airsoft.

UK

At present, there are certain restrictions on the possession of Airsoft replicas, which came in with the introduction of the ASBA (Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003) Amendments, which prohibit the possession of replica firearms in a public place without a good cause (to be concealed pistol in a difficult case or sealed container, not only to be given the public at any time). The prohibition of weapons of self-contained gas cartridge similar to that made by Brocock can certainly apply to Moscarts and BB-Shower grenade systems, however, a precedent formal case has not yet been set. There were initial concerns among the community of Airsoft that reducing violent crime bill (passed a law in November 2006 but not yet started) in the future Airsoft avoid harassing the purchase of imitation firearms realistic. However, on September 20, 2006, the Association of British Airsofters (ABA) received a letter from Tony McNulty saying he