"...One of the cases involves four people detained for using improvised firearms to a game called Counter Strikes.
The police encouraged the public to report any possession of firearms, including Airsoft guns and shotguns, with rewards ranging from 5,000 yuan ($770) to 10,000 yuan.
Private possession of firearms in China is strictly prohibited with very limited exceptions...."
Every so often, we get one of these stories in the old news feeds...and the overriding question that we ask every, single, stinkin', time is...."if they are illegal, why do so many airsoft guns come out of government-owned factories?" You answer for yourselves.