Talk:Legal issues in airsoft

Canada
Clarified the legal definition of what constitutes a legal Airsoft gun in Canada; also emailed CSBA about requirements for personal importation of Canadian-legal Airsoft guns so hopefully can clear that up tooMichaelHenson (talk)

Turkey
Legal, as long as it's not shown in public and no clear laws about it. But you can't import them without the proper documents, which are also not well known so it's almost impossible to import airsoft for personal use. It can be only done by countries. No problem at the airport. If you want to play airsoft there are some states/cities in turkey that have a minimum age to play airsoft like in Ankara where in the mall there are GG poligon airsoft the minimum age is 15 to shoot airsoft.

Italy
Airsoft is not age restricted in Italy, but guns that exceed 0,5J of power can not be used by kids under 14 years old.

<0,5 J - (d.lgs. 27 september 1991 n. 313): Are considered as toys and can be sold and used to anyone.

<1 J - law 110/1975: Are still considered toys, can be used by 14 years old or more and sold to 16 years old or more.

<7,5 J - "Low offense capability weapons": Are not considered toys anymore. Must be sold to 18+ years old. Underage can still use them but an adult's supervision is mandatory.

According to the law n. 362 year 2001 the guns used in Airsoft Games MUST NOT exceed 0.99J of power. (Can not exceed 327fps using 0.20g BBs).

Any air gun that goes beyond that limit is only usable for target shooting and can not be used to shot people. (legally)

Hunting with air guns is illegal.

Japan- Age Restriction?
A lot of online japanese airsoft shops seem to have an age limit in order to place an order, so is there an age limit to buy airsoft guns in Japan?

Merge with Air_gun_laws
I will remove this tag for the moment. Airsoft guns and airguns are very different and are treated as such in law. Most obviosuly are the type of ammunition used and what airguns are used for compared to Airsoft weapons.

France section updated
I have slightly updated the France section. Minors use is not regulated. Minors sales is regulated via a law dated 1999. "objects looking like weapons and able to shoot" with a power above 2 Joules are considered as weapons following a law dated 1995.

WP:YOU
Located and corrected 48 violations of policy WP:YOU. 2014 November 26 011928 GMT