The simple answer is yes, you are allowed to carry an air gun in public, as long as you abide by the following 4 rules:
1. YOU MUST HAVE A GENUINE REASON FOR CARRYING AN AIR GUN IN PUBLIC.
If you’re carrying an air gun in public, you must have a legitimate reason for doing so. And this does not include trying to look like your favourite action hero. Genuine reasons for carrying an air gun in public include travelling to or from a gun club, shooting competition or air gun shop.
2. THE AIR GUN MUST BE INSIDE A SECURELY FASTENED CASE OR SLIP.
Your air gun must be placed inside a securely fastened case or slip when transporting. You can take a look at the hard case and slip we sell at The Airgun Centre by visiting our air rifle cases page.
3. THE AIR GUN MUST BE UNCOCKED AND UNLOADED
It is critically important that your air gun is not loaded or cocked when transporting in public. Even a cleaning pellet left in the gun can be classified as “a loaded weapon”, so don’t take this one (or any of these) lightly! Plus, guns that take a multishot magazine will be considered as loaded – even if there’s no pellet in the actual barrel, so make sure you remove the magazine and all pellets from the mag whilst transporting in public.
4. YOU MUST BE OVER THE AGE OF 18
This one might seem obvious, as you’re not legally allowed to own an air gun under the age of 18, but it’s worth making crystal clear that those under the age of 18 shouldn’t be carrying them in public either.
9 times out of 10 the criminal will assault his victim before she can even lay a hand on her ‘defence weapon’. The attacker finds it and uses it on the victim in his rage. I think you’d better try living in the real world rather than the imaginary one that has infested your brain. When someone carries a ‘legal’ gun intended to be a weapon to defend themselves that’s illegal.
What matters is that criminals are caught and heavily sentenced so would-be criminals foresee the consequences of their actions.
Hmm… well that’s not really happening is it?
Outside London with its ring of cctv and systems designed to deal with terror attacks…. the Police’s main role is public order. And if you’re attacked… its going to be a good 10 min or longer until they arrive due to traffic. If your attacker left the area they wont send anyone, only interviewing you in a&e later. Most cases never make it to court due to lack of witness or people refusing come forwards.
Your ‘pretend’ gun gets us back on the slippery slope. ‘You shoot plastic, I’ll shoot lead’
Burglars for the most part are opportunists. Few would break into a house with a dog on the lose; first sign of trouble and there gone.
Addicts are different, there stealing to feed a habit. A dog wont stop them or even an alarm. All you can do to stop them is play on there own paranoia.
Sex attackers are a mix of both: opportunists & feeding a sick habit.
How would you stop them?
I know these “paint ball guns” will only give you a nasty bruise, but that’s the point: non lethal force. I can think of many ways of killing a person from cross bows to slingshots. All can be purchased legally in the UK.
“We all need some bravery in our lives. Fear of failure cripples creativity, leaving you staring at a blank page unable to start. . . So one has to be brave in order to create. Being brave is being afraid but doing it anyway. So . . . be brave! Be strong and be creative!”
Creators & trend setters like you are misunderstood souls at the mercy of poorly worded jabs by fools with no imagination or dreams beyond the argos catalogue
Prisoners of there past mistakes & blinker views on the world.
“In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
Conspiracy theories are part of that “bodyguard of lies”
If we take a look at the moon landings, this conspiracy’s theory were started by the Russian’s soon after the event. When the old USSR collapsed in 1989 journalists spend years going thru there space program archives. The information they found supports the American’s moon landing claim.
My favour one is flat earthers. They claim there a ring of ice holding in the sea at the edge of the world. I’ve sailed along the equator without seeing icebergs or hitting a wall of ice. You’d think sailing from the UK to America then onward to Australia I would have seen it….but nope.
The real question is: What are they hiding from us ?