No offense to some people (you know who) but do they really think we are that stupid to go rob a bank with an airsoft gun?? Any idiot would tell you since an airsoft would cost a couple of thousand for the good quality ones, why not get a real one from a black market since they're gonna do something serious which would probably get them killed anyway? At least they have a better chance of survival if they use a real sidearm for robbery. Only "bodohs" would use an airsoft for robbery and only "bodohs" would think that there are people who uses airsoft guns for robbery. Hahahaha...
I remembered when I came back from the States in the early 90's when paintball was still active and I actually thought of starting one in Malaysia. I asked a lot of authorities and they said I need firearm license for such a marker (they call it weapon) and it is not legal to have such a wargame in Malaysia. But now, it's legal in Malaysia just because some big man up there came up with such ideas after donkey years.
Airsoft guns on the other hand in some US States are illegal as well. Some States accept the original Airsoft guns without the orange marker on the muzzle. Some States has a law that airsoft guns must have orange colored muzzle.
Keep your fingers crossed as sooner or later they will accept airsoft guns in Malaysia but when? We are yet to find out. Perhaps my son would get a chance to play in the future.
I figured it's our Malaysian mentality and some retards who would go around shooting innocent bystanders, passing cars and such for the fun of it that made the govt put a ban on these toys. Back then early 80's, air guns were still sold at toy shops! (yes, shops) until some people missused it for other purposes.
And the innocent gun enthusiast like some of you who dreamed to own such replica guns for collections and wargames are destroyed by the fools who use these as a tool for their own entertainment purposes like shooting cars, people and using it as a weapon.