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Airsoft Guns

Airsoft guns may soon be going the way of
real guns around the world, even in the US.In light of the calls to ban what are
Built to resemble actual weapons, Airsoftessentially toys, it?s quite ironic that the
guns instead shoot pellets and are used inrise of Airsoft popularity began in Asian
several games much like paintball. Thesecountries where access to real firearms is
games range from freeform death match styledifficult. The realistic look of the guns
in which all the players are basically outcontributed to the popularity of the games in
for themselves and anything goes, to teamwhich they used, lending them a certain
play that resembles war games. Althoughreality that older style pellet guns simply
pellets are used instead of bullets ordidn?t have. Eventually, the craze pushed
paintballs, getting hit can still result in awestward and took up residence in Europe and
nasty  sting  and  a  lingering  wound.America. With the lax gun control laws in
America, these Airsoft guns are much more
Complaints against Airsoft guns have comedangerous. While it?s unlikely that a large
from a number of quarters. For instance, thegroup of young people in Japan or England
University of Hawaii at Manoa has bannedwould be walking around openly carrying real
Airsoft guns. Despite that ban?or, indeed,guns, the police in America don?t have the
perhaps because of it?the campus was the siteluxury of second guessing. If a policeman
of a series of assaults on students bysees a gun that looks real he simply has to
someone using an Airsoft pellet gun. Even so,assume that it is real, especially when
much of the uproar has less to do with thepointed  at  him.
damage done by the pellets and more with the
construction  of  the  guns  themselves.The answer, clearly, doesn?t have to be
outright banning of Airsoft guns. Since even
Airsoft guns can take the form of handguns oraccidental victims of pellet shots often
larger rifles and they can look remarkablyadmit that getting shot by one of them isn?t
realistic. It is this realism that has raisedterribly painful, it seems rather ridiculous
questions of safety, not the actual damageto ban these guns when the banning of real
done by the pellets. Recently in Florida, ahandguns are impossible. Rather, why not just
middle school student was shot by policemake them less realistic? That doesn?t
after he brandished a weapon at them. Thenecessarily entail stripping the Airsoft guns
weapon turned out to be a pellet gun, thoughof all realism, but would it hurt to redesign
it was never established whether or not itthem subtly so that it is obvious they aren?t
was actually an Airsoft gun. From a distance,actual  handguns?
Airsoft guns definitely resemble the real
thing and this has certainly led to a move toThe cost of realism in a game hardly seems
ban  them.worth the price of a life.



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