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Just had a thought ninnet, we are both wrong, air rifles are not illegal it is the ownership without a licence that is illegal. Or am I being pedantic?

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Right on the money ninnet, as a SSAA (Sporting Shooters Association of Australia)member for a number of years I can tell Moey 56 it is a long process, as it should be, to get a Shooters Permit. I feel it is a crying shame society,us, has allowed this to be needed. As a teenager of 14yrs of age I and two or three mates would be going rabbit shooting. We would get on a train in suburban Sydney complete with rifles and a bullet belt full of bullets around our waist and we didn`t get a second glance.

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In Australia "airsoft" is completely illegal. Aussie law classifies Air and BB guns as "Category A" weapons, placing them in the same class as break-action shotguns and rimfire rifles, and acquiring a licence to possess requires a rigorous process of police background checks.

You must also have a legitimate reason and be able to prove that reason before you are allowed possession of a firearm, regardless if either airsoft or real steel.

Anyone found in Australia possessing an unlicensed airsoft pistol faces the same charge as a person who unlawfully possesses an actual firearm.

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