5 mins with a screaming kid next to me while I wait for a haircut:
- Country: 82 France
- Airsoft is LEGAL
- Specific regulations or limitations:
considered as firearms if above 2J
not to be brandished in public areas (unless special authorization of local authorities)
- Minimum age for buying:
if above 0.07J, 18
below 0.07J, no limitation
- Minimum age for playing: 18 with replicas above 0.07J
- Rough guess of (active) people playing airsoft in this country: ~100.000
- Number of airsoft shops: around 200 i guess according to this map :
www.airsoftmap.fr/
- Additional information:
You can't play in public areas without auhtorization. Several commercial playing fields exist but most airsoft teams play on private properties (rented or free acces if you take care of the field or property of a team member).
Speed is usually limited by team rules to 350fps for full auto, 400fps for semi auto (often mechanical lock is required on AEG) and 450fps for bolt action rifles, all speeds metered with 0.2g bbs. These limitations may vary with the type of field (lower limits for CQB...etc) or the type of event (may be higher limits for a milsim event).
Airsoft is getting more and more organized in France, this was mainly caused by the fear of harder limitations (orange tip..etc) last year. There are 3 organizations that deal with airsoft now :
- The FedeGN, "Fédération de jeux de roles grandeur nature",
www.fedegn.org , the oldest, is a LARP (live action role playing) federation. It regroups all kinds of role playing gamers, from medieval to airsoft, paintball..etc . This federation is the most recognized by law at this time.
- The FFA (Fédération Française d'Airsoft, ffairsoft.org ) is a federation dedicated to airsoft only and is constructed around a bureau with local representatives. Its current goal is to form marshalls to improve safety and respect of the law during airsoft events by creating an "approved by FFA" label.
- The UFAA, Union française des associations d'airsoft, airsoft-bordeaux.com/, is a federation of associations, created by airsoft associations from South West of France and spreading country-wide now.
These 3 federations provide help to local teams (insurance, large events organization...etc)
A new orgnization was recently created in order to improve safety by doing scientific studies. It is called the ANA, association de normalisation de l'airsoft,
www.ana.asso.fr , and it gives advices on safety rules. Their last work was on eye protection, recommending EN 166 1B, STANAG 2920 V50 : 360,9km.h-1 (100,3m.s-1) minimum or STANAG 4296 level of protection for the use of below 2J replicas.
Concerning lasers, they are generally forbidden by the event organizers but are legal to own up to class II.
EDIT : Concerning uniforms, there is a law that prohibits "to create confusion in the eye of people" so if you are seen wearing a military uniform, you must not pretend being part of some military or law enforcement organisation. Wearing Police, Gendarmerie or French Army ranks or insignas is a real bad idea. Foreign ranks or insignas are ok but common sense tells to keep them only for advanced role playing events, with an attempt to get a movie-like depiction. For your weekly small airsoft skirmish, it is not recommended IMHO.
It is also forbidden by law to wear the uniform of an organization judged guilty of war crimes or crimes against humanity. So no Waffen-SS, Nazi party, Khmer Rouge...etc uniforms unless special authorisation for historical reeanactment purpose.
Last Edit: 1 year ago by Wladimir.
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So if I can do that in five mins just think what you could do in 1 hour.