Sale Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Sale, I know the tape does nothing and is not legal requirement, but I kind of wouldn't want to be tossed out of RopeCon, as THEY require something orange on the airsoft guns one carries around liek you said. I was thinking of the plugs more for AnimeCon anyway, althought they have much stricter rules about weapon replicas than RopeCon... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes I know that is the organizer's requirement. I'm just saying it makes no sense, and the staff have never provided any reason as to why we need that. Why don't steel sword people need to paint their blades pink? If AnimeCon organizers require a plug which prevents discharging a BB, then it actually makes sense, and may prevent an accident if someone's being dumb with their toys. But a layer of orange tape around the barrel is hardly a safety measure, as it doesn't stop a BB. Sadly admitting how irresponsible people are, if I were the event organizer I would require a solid barrel plug attached to all Airsoft weapons, but it could be any color. -Sale Link to post Share on other sites
sandstorm Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 AnimeCon actually says that cosplay prop airsofts stay in a bag unless it's a) a photoshoot or the cosplay competition/cavalcade. Generally makes sense, as they require all the long props to be kept in the cloakroom unless same conditions apply, and AnimeCon/FinnCon is held in more central and cramped locations anyway. (Paasitorni Hakaniemi last year, for example...) The plugs are something I'd like to sughgest just as a requirement, because I have seen the idiots. (Heck, few years back AnimeCon banned metal sword replicas as cosplay props after someone got stabbed in shin with someone else's iaito that got out of the scabbard due to idiots fooling around...) Link to post Share on other sites
sekiryu Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Meh--new amendment to the law. Which Babelfish can't exactly make complete sense out of. http://asgk.jp/law/index.html Is it only about enforcement of the .98j law? I read a rumor that it was about banning airsoft outright (highly doubtful). Link to post Share on other sites
Mikkel Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Sale and posession of airsoft will require a lot of paperwork now. Link to post Share on other sites
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