Is it better to say nothing when someone asks about something that is illegal to do?

[boscoebrea]

For sure there are too many laws and fellow air gunners want to help each other.
But why give advice that would be illegal to do,would that be good advice?
Like there is an accident and you rush over to help,you did not look both ways and now you are part of the accident.
I also think people do not respect air guns because they are "only pellet or BB guns".
Respecting all things is a better way,which to me means if you are going to "kill" something it is legal to do and you do it in a way that makes suffering at the very minimal.That is just my opinion.What is yours? Thanks

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

??????????

 

[Struckat]

Squirrels for example get a pass unless they are trying to move in with me. Same for bunnies unless they get past the garden barriers.

Everyone must know their local laws and such.

 

[LDP]

Theres so many different laws state to state and country to country that whats illegal in SF isnt illegal in MT. If someone asked me for advice on the best power level or caliber to shoot a specific animal or advice pertaining to taking animals illegally and I know its illegal to do so in that area I would let them know what the law states. If they didnt know it was illegal then they just learned something and if they already knew it was illegal then its on them to make the right choice. I wouldnt give them any info regarding taking the animal illegally.

 

[heavy-impact]

Discussion of anything illegal is against forum rules so tell the person that. It's best to be honest with everyone even if they don't like your answer. Real friends tell you the truth every time.

 

[Vetmx]

I agree.

 

[Heyday33]

For sure there are too many laws and fellow air gunners want to help each other.
But why give advice that would be illegal to do,would that be good advice?
Like there is an accident and you rush over to help,you did not look both ways and now you are part of the accident.
I also think people do not respect air guns because they are "only pellet or BB guns".
Respecting all things is a better way,which to me means if you are going to "kill" something it is legal to do and you do it in a way that makes suffering at the very minimal.That is just my opinion.What is yours? Thanks

 

[woogie_man]

The laws in my area are different from the laws in someone elses area. It is on you to know the rules in your area. If we are to stop talking about anything and everything that would be illegal ANYWHERE..... well we might as well just stop using this website.

Know your own laws of your area, because it isn't anyone else's fault if you do something illegal.

 

[beerthief]

OOPS i looked up the law , sorry , situation corrected .

 

[Deleted member 38071]

I have a feeling this might be a bit of an issue in general. Well, unless you make noise in the back yard.

For whatever reason back yards, regardless of whom they may belong to, seem to have at least one nieghbor that never approves regardless of activity.

 

[Deleted member 38071]

I recall a while back there was a handfull of members asking about self defence with airguns. They were called out and didn't last very long.

I'm not part of the pm clique so I can't speak for them. I only hope they keep it clean and legal as well.

 

[Gerry52]

It's called code of ethics! If it's not something I personally would do or believe in I'd never suggest anyone else do it & wouldn't have a problem informing the question asker that it's illegal.

 

[ChRiSiS]

To me, this is quite simple:
If I know it is illegal I will not even participate in the thread.
If it is borderline, as in something that I know, or SHOULD KNOW, to be illegal, I will not participate in the thread.

I am not going to tell the person what to do, then tell them that its illegal. I’m just not going to be a part of it. There are legal standards at work here, and I do not want to get caught up in someone else’s problem because I participated in an ill-considered thread.

Now, there are limits to this, since I cannot possibly know what is or is not legal everywhere. If it’s illegal where I live then its simple again - see my points up above.
If it’s illegal where you live, and I am aware of that, still not gonna play.
If you live in the UK or somewhere where it is illegal for you to have an air rifle shooting above 12 ft lbs without a FAC, or something similar, that’s your problem, not mine. I am quite happy to respond to a Canadian asking about how I moderate the sound of my air rifle, but I will not advise them to do it. They need to know their laws, that’s not my job. But I would not even think to suggest to someone in the US a way to moderate the sound of a firearm, other than applying through the Alphabet org for a NFA permit.