Airsoft is still here and we are still playing our great sport, hobby, or pastime however you wish to view it.

Still instructing youth of all ages how lethal real gun could be if you were involved in real armed conflict.

Most players realise that when you call "dead" in a game, in reality there would be no re-spawn and the effects would be permanent.

Perhaps morbid for a soon to be Happy New Year but I fear for any future possible legislation in which our type of usage of toy guns might catch any fall out of ill-conceived new laws or amendments.

Having had a browse of the Crime figures it would appear that although some statistic claim real gun crime has reduced, in reality it has probably increased year on year, despite all the additional new laws, to the extent that one of the major police forces had been considering introducing armed patrols on the streets with Mp5s.

UKARA in all this, although a commercial base organisation, has helped make our sport more viable showing that registered players have taken a real responsibility to cooperate with the governments VCR Act and safeguard responsible use of Realistic Imitation Firearms.

We could not do this without the help and contribution of both Game Sites and Players and it is to them I hope for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.