Quote Originally Posted by Cocksure View Post
Air weapons are exempt from conditions imposed on firearms, but have their own 'airgun' conditions....just because these confitions are explained in firearms law doesn't make them a firearm. No gunsafe, no license....no conditions other than those relating to airguns.

You get caught acting the tit you face firearms law, but that could apply to a can of cs gas.....which I'm sure nobody would argue is either a firearm rifle, pistol or shotgun.
Air Weapons in the UK ARE firearms purely & simply because UK law says that they are.

Any "lethal" barrelled device is a Firearm in the UK under UK law, lethal being defined as propelling a projectile or shot with a force above 1 joule except for airsoft weapons (which have a specific legal definition) & which may be 2.5joules if single shot or 1.3joules if they fire 2 or more projectiles from a single pull of the trigger.

your examples above no gun-safe & no licence are simply exemptions granted to air weapons classed as "not especially dangerous" being less 12ftlb rifle, or less than 6ftlb pistol.

It does not exempt them from being firearms, it merely sub classifies them as "not especially dangerous" (air) firearms.