| An Airsoft gun is not a traditional BB gun. The | | | | fool yourself, any time of gun can cause some harm |
| traditional BB gun shoots out a .177 metal BB; airsoft | | | | and can hurt if one of the BBs were to hit the skin. |
| guns shoot out 6mm plastic BB. The BBS that an | | | | However, they are designed to shoot for a distance |
| Airsoft gun shoots are slightly bigger and are not | | | | of 50-300 feet and made not to even shatter glass. |
| made of metal. The only thing that the two have in | | | | If you are shot with an airsoft gun BB, you may |
| common is the fact that they resemble a real gun or | | | | became cut and bleed a little, but the BB will not |
| weapon. Airsoft guns are also, unable to shoot full | | | | penetrate the skin. Most injuries caused by these |
| auto like machine guns. | | | | weapons are not life threating, but they can shoot |
| Some people get them confused with paintball funs. | | | | your eye out. Professionals recommend that goggles |
| Paintballs are more single in design and don't resemble | | | | be worn to protect the eyes. |
| a real gun. Paintballs are mainly used for war games | | | | When it comes to airsoft guns, there are three basic |
| and they shoot plastic balls that filled with pain. The | | | | types of guns. There are spring airsoft guns, electric, |
| size of a paintball gun is much bigger than 6mm, | | | | and gas-powered guns. Each type is different in the |
| almost three times bigger. Paint guns shoot like | | | | way they shoot out the BBs. You will want to learn |
| machine guns, and that isn't an airsoft gun. If you | | | | how to properly use your airsoft gun by refereeing |
| have an airsoft electric gun, then you can shoot like a | | | | the type of gun. The guns are legal in the United |
| machine gun, but only with an electric one. | | | | States, Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. |
| The airsoft gun started in Japan. People in Japan | | | | Some other countries also allow them to an extent. |
| where interested in having their own gun, but the law | | | | Because they look identical to real guns, many |
| prohibits them. So the airsoft gun was designed to | | | | countries that forbid guns forbid airsoft guns as well. |
| look like a real gun or weapon and do not break the | | | | But because they look so much like real guns, you |
| law. Manufactures of them have a license agreement | | | | should always be cautious to where you go with one |
| with regular gun manufactures so that they can | | | | or how you act while holding one. In the United |
| legally make replicas and designs the same. | | | | States, the nozzle of the gun needs to have an |
| They are meant to look and feel like a real, firing gun, | | | | orangish, red tip so that people can differentiate if |
| but it doesn't mean to cause deathly injuries. Don't | | | | the gun is real or if it is an airsoft gun. |