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Post by ewoks46110 on Feb 10, 2008 0:32:28 GMT 8
Just wanna share this. Got it from FAS General Airsoft Discussion:
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Feb 5, 2008 at exactly 10:00am, a court hearing on manufacturing, selling and using of toy guns was held at the house of senate where Sen. Gringo Honasan was seated as the chairman of the commitee.
the United Airsoft Alliance was appointed by the senate working committee on firearms legislation to represent the airsoft communtiy. Atty. Ernesto Tabujara, who attended the court hearing, acted as a representative.
The bills passed by Sen. Miriam Santiago and Jinggoy Estrada stressed out that there should be orange marks on the guns to distinguish it from the real ones. Fortunately, we have met this requirement as we already have it in the IRR .
Atty. Tabujara and Sen. Honasan both agreed that the guns we are using are non lethal as these guns are used by airsoft enthusiasts like us, only for FUN. It is forseen in the near future that these two gentlemen may join us in one of our events.
It turns out that Sen. Gringo Honasan was on our side. He supported our hobby together with FED represented by Col. Estilles and other 2 generals. Pro Gun and AFAD were also present in the court to support our common interest. Overall, the senate hearing went very well. No bills to ban airsoft or replicas. Sole issue is just the orange tip requirement.
Got to find my orange cap. ;D
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