Police Require Airsoft Gun Weapons To Have Permanent Orange Signs

Member of the Directorate of State Security of the Intelligence and Security Agency of the National Police Headquarters, Iptu Azwar Nur, in the socialization of the rule of law of ownership and use of airsoft gun weapons in Jakarta, Tuesday (10/10/2023). BETWEEN/Cahya Sari

JAKARTA - The National Police requires airsoft guns to have orange or orange tippermanent colors at the ends of the barrel and a pairball measuring two centimeters for long-barreled and one centimeter-barreled weapons for short-barreled.

"Orange tipini is what distinguishes the airsoft gun from the original firearm, because from the physical two weapons it is really similar and difficult to distinguish," said a member of the State Security Directorate of the Intelligence and Security Agency (Kamneg Baintelkam) at the National Police Headquarters, Iptu Azwar Nur, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 10.

Azwar said that many individuals used the physical similarities to commit acts of abuse, extortion, theft, threats, and robbery.

"They (criminals) deliberately threw away the tip orange at the end of the gunbarrel so that the target targeted for fear and thought it (airsoft gun) was right," he said.

Despite having the same physique, he explained that the two weapons differed from the driving force side, and the type of bullet used.

The airsoft gun replica firearms, said Azwar, used plastic materials bullets and boosters using low air pressure with a maximum bullet ejection strength of two joules.

"While genuine firearms use bullets from iron and steel, with the driving force using a high gas air pressure mechanism, bullets have more than two joules," he said.

Previously, a member of the Intelligence and Security Agency (Baintelkam) of the National Police Headquarters for Public Services, Ipda Wisnu Yudha Prawira, appealed to all airsoft gun owners to monitor replica firearms who are members of the shooting club to immediately make a letter of licensing ownership and use of weapons to the local police.

This is intended so that the ownership of airsoft gun weapons in Indonesia is clearly recorded, and can be monitored, so that there are no more cases of misuse of weapons that disturb public security and order.

"Recently, airsoft guns are often misused by individuals for activities that are not in accordance with their designation and tend to violate the law that disturbs public security and order," said Wisnu.