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Safety is the most important factor involved in any shooting sport and airgun shooting is no exception. An airgun is not a toy and rules apply to the ownership and use of them. Time spent learning to shoot safely and responsibly will allow you to use your airgun enjoyably for years to come.

The first lesson to learn is to BE SAFE NOT SORRY.

A moments stupidity or carelessness could cause injury either to yourself or another person. To avoid this follow the rules below:

Always treat an airgun as if it is loaded.
Always store your airgun securely in a safe place. Make sure it is unloaded and not cocked.
It is often best to store ammunition separately.
Never load an airgun until it is safe to fireit.
Never point an airgun at anyone.
Never carry a loaded airgun in public. Remember, an airgun is loaded when it has a pellet in the breach,
it does not have to be cocked to be loaded.
Never touch somebody else's airgun without their permission.
Always check that an airgun is unloaded when you first pick it up.
Never let young children use an airgunun supervised.
There may seem a lot of rules, however they are easy to keep to and will save you trouble in the long run. Learning them and teaching them to others will ensure that you enjoy many years of safe shooting.

The Law:
There are some legal requirements to owning and using an airgun in the UK. They are there to ensure safety and most of them are fairly obvious. For details of the legislation in countries other than the UK please contact your local shooting association or police force.

Airguns do not require a licence unless they are over the UK legal limit of 12ft.lbs muzzle energy for rifles and 6 ft.lbs muzzle energy for pistols. Providing you are within the age requirements for ownership listed below almost anybody can own one.

Owning and using an airgun:

Young people under 14.
If you are under 14 years old you cannot buy, hire, be given or own an airgun or airgun ammunition. You can however use an airgun if:

you are supervised by someone over 21; and
you do not shoot beyond the boundaries of where you are using it; or
you are a member of an approved club and you are using it for target practice at that club;

Safety & the Law continued
It is illegal to:

Carry a loaded airgun in a public place.
Trespass in a building or on private land withan airgun whether it is loaded
or whether or not you have ammunition.
Possess or use an airgun if you have beensentenced to three months or more in custody.
If the sentence was up to three years you are banned from using orowning any airgun or firearm
for a period of five years from the date of release. If thesentence was over three years you are banned for life.
Kill or injure any bird or animal protected bylaw unless you are authorised to do so
under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.