Recommended an Airsoft gun for our school

[mike624]

Stupid newspaper deleted my comment about how criminals that shoot people with (illegal) guns are allowed to plea bargain to a lesser non-firearm charge and avoid the madatory minimum sentences all the while using lawyers the public is paying for so that they don't have to dip into their drug money.

In the meantime, these people that as far as we know haven't caused any harm to anybody are facing very serious charges that will likely mean the loss of their business, the loss of their property, cost them tens of thousands on lawyers (no free lawyers for them) and quite possibly face jail time too.

If you want to be a law abiding gun owner, watch out - if you want to be a criminal and kill shoot people, you can always cop to some useless irrelevant charge and get off......

[MoreToasties]

Well the law is stacked against us in that regard.

While progress will hopefully eventually be made, for now we just gotta be really cautious with this crap and avoid the gray areas as much as possible.

You do make an excellent point, though, one that has been discussed to breaking point in my law classes: we provide more ease of defense for hardened criminals then people who have just been misinformed.

The solution, for now, is just to know the law inside out, I guess, and cross our fingers for a brighter airsoft-related future in Canada.

[Bissa]

Originally Posted by MoreToasties

Well the law is stacked against us in that regard.

While progress will hopefully eventually be made, for now we just gotta be really cautious with this crap and avoid the gray areas as much as possible.

airsoft as a game in Canada is one massive gray area.

[KoolAidMan]

Originally Posted by MoreToasties

The solution, for now, is just to know the law inside out, I guess, and cross our fingers for a brighter airsoft-related future in Canada.

Crossing fingers and hoping isn't going to help If people wan't this sport to be legitimized in the law then something needs to be done .

Because the only thing that could happen with inaction is that it become harder and harder to get the gear and an outright ban or it stays the same its been since 1998.

[Brian McIlmoyle]

These charges have nothing to do with AS

sounds like they got sloppy and got slapped down