Joint Status Report from ActionSportGames A\/S\u00a0(ASG) and Cybergun regarding the proposal for\u00a0amendments of the EU firearms directive:<\/strong><\/p>\nAs promised, we will keep you informed of the ongoing discussions in\u00a0Brussels on the European directive that threatens the future of airsoft\u00a0and airgun devices.<\/p>\n
As informed in the beginning of this year, the European Commission on\u00a0November 18th, 2015, released a proposal with the primary objective to\u00a0better regulate the acquisition and possession of firearms in Europe.\u00a0Unfortunately for all airsoft players and airgun device users, our practice,\u00a0sport and hobby was a collateral damage of this proposal, since it\u00a0proposes that replica firearms are categorized in category C (purchase\u00a0and possession subject to registration). Such a change – if it were to be\u00a0approved and applied – would be the end of the practice of airsoft and\u00a0airgun devices as we know it today. This is unreasonable and therefore\u00a0ASG and Cybergun \u2013 despite being both rivals and competitors \u2013 have\u00a0decided to work together to take strong actions both in Brussels and in\u00a0Member States to make our voices heard and defend our passion.<\/p>\n
From our first meetings in Brussels back in January it was obvious that\u00a0very few members of the EU parliament were aware of the existence of\u00a0airsoft and airgun devices. It became clear very soon that in trying to\u00a0regulate the acquisition and possession of what they refer to as ”replica\u00a0firearms”, the members of the Commission wanted above all to address\u00a0the de-activated firearms that could have been again re-activated.\u00a0Obviously airsoft and airgun devices have absolutely nothing to do with\u00a0such de-activated firearms!<\/p>\n
We spent the first phase of discussions on the proposal to meet\u00a0representatives of the Commission, Members of Parliament and the\u00a0Council to explain who we are, what we are doing and that obviously\u00a0owners of airsoft and airgun devices pose no threats to the European\u00a0society. This was indeed a challenging task, but we believe that we have\u00a0succeeded in increasing the awareness in Brussels about airsoft and\u00a0airgun devices and the related sports. In addition it seems that the\u00a0politicians we have met now have a better understanding of the passion\u00a0that drives the airsoft and airgun community within Europe.<\/p>\n
We therefore consider that our initial actions have been successful.\u00a0Whether we are talking about the Commission, Council or Parliament,\u00a0the actors we have met and who actually have power to influence the\u00a0text have heard our arguments and are – for some – ready to exclude\u00a0airsoft devices from the text. At this stage we have several draft\u00a0documents that go in the right direction and in particular the contributions\u00a0of the Council of the European Union and the main rapporteur on the\u00a0subject, Vicky FORD. These texts are not perfect but we keep on\u00a0proposing improvements to the different draft documents.<\/p>\n
The airsoft devices seem to be on track to be excluded from this text,\u00a0and we must now work equally hard in order to exclude the airgun\u00a0devices too. Our interlocutors\u2019 lack of technical insight of the subject\u00a0matter sometimes makes it hard to discuss the important details, which\u00a0are a deciding factor in the text. It is now up to us to offer them the right\u00a0”wording” and explain why they should hear the approach we propose\u00a0and exclude both airsoft devices and airgun devices from the scope of\u00a0the directive.<\/p>\n
We remain fully motivated to continue our strong efforts and to make our\u00a0voices heard in Brussels. We will fight until the very last minute in order\u00a0to have our beloved hobby and sport excluded from the text. The fight\u00a0does not stop until the final decision- the vote in Parliament – has been\u00a0taken and at that time – and only at that time only – we can hopefully\u00a0declare \u201cvictory\u201d. It is too early for now.<\/p>\n
ASG and CYBERGUN will move forward on this matter shoulder by\u00a0shoulder, with the sole purpose to save our practice and it seems we are\u00a0the only two airsoft\/airgun companies within Europe, who actively try to\u00a0influence the process within the European institutions in Brussels. But for\u00a0us the future is priceless.<\/p>\n
We will keep you informed of the situation, especially during the various\u00a0votes that will happen very soon.<\/p>\n
Hugo BRUGIERE (for CYBERGUN)<\/strong>
\nChristian Trolle ANDERSEN (For ASG)<\/strong><\/p>\nK\u00e4lla<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I samband med Europaparlamentets utkast om sk\u00e4rpt vapenlagstiftning\u00a0i slutet av f\u00f6rra \u00e5ret, inledde konkurrenterna ActionSportGames (ASG) och Cybergun ett samarbete f\u00f6r att f\u00f6rs\u00f6ka p\u00e5verka och d\u00e4rmed r\u00e4dda airsofthobbyn och givetvis sitt levebr\u00f6d. \u00c4ven European Airsoft Association har varit aktiva att lobba i EU-parlamentet och allt intensiva arbete ledde nyligen till att airsoftvapen f\u00f6resl\u00e5s undantas fr\u00e5n […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,804,572],"tags":[845,491,953,893],"class_list":["post-8804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actionsportgames","category-cybergun","category-politik","tag-actionsportgames","tag-cybergun","tag-eu","tag-politik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8804"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8817,"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8804\/revisions\/8817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airsoft.nu\/nyheter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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