I would assume they have a legal necessity. There is nothing to stop UKARA being more user friendly. It's just not in anyone's interest other than the players to change. If there was ever legally required licence to own airsoft it would be changed sharpish.
Would Airsoft be bigger in the UK without ukara?
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No legal necessity at all. There is nothing to stop you buying all the gear and going out diving on your own back. You will most likely come a cropper. Its just the industry standards schools for diving. If you run a diving tour business you won't be insured if they don't have the credentials from said school. Like the airsoft retailers will not be covered if for no UKARA its not so much as protect the user but the seller. Though UKARA is good, not best practice so we can play airsoft.
ak2m4
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I think that's generally the problem with UKARA and something other's have highlighted already. It's a closed system provided for the retailers by the retailers and as such is a missed opportunity to really bring together players from all sites - thinking about a centralised airsofting website / portal etc. Looking forward to seeing what's ahead...
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<pedant gland engorges>
Not as such.
It's implied as being sufficient by the reference in Home Office circular 031 / 2007, the only thing that actually indicates that the "permitted activities" include airsoft. It's the best we've got, but it's neither primary nor secondary legislation. Really, it's little more than an anonymous pencil pusher's opinion of what the Home Secretary of the time meant to say when they wrote "permitted activities" into the 2007 Regulations. Actually, an illiterate anonymous pencil pusher given that the sentence is: " new players must play at least 3three [sic] times in a period of not less than two months the two months [sic] before being offered membership "
They also opine that it's a "key element" that "membership cards with a photograph and recognized format will be issued" which will come as a surprise to those of us who don't have any such card.
The problem with relying on an illiterate anonymous pencil pusher's opinion is that another illiterate anonymous pencil pusher could come along at any time with a different opinion, or the original opinion could simply vanish down the memory hole.
