| Air soft is a fast growing worldwide sport notably in | | | | On June 17 2006 on a range where I live a boy was |
| the U.S.A Japan, Korea, china and the auk. Many new | | | | blinded in one eye when playing this game without |
| Chinese air soft guns are dominating the air soft | | | | goggles. Another thing is mistaken identity, these |
| market because they are more affordable. Guns are | | | | guns look real and their have been many occasions |
| usually the most expensive piece of equipment. Air | | | | when the police have been deployed due to |
| soft guns are more frail and vulnerable to breakage | | | | someone reporting the use of a real gun. Hundreds |
| than real-steel firearms due to the use of less dense | | | | of accidents like this happen every year so theirs no |
| and cheaper metals and plastics | | | | doubt that these things can be very dangerous in the |
| Shot from a BB on bare skin from a gun with a | | | | wrong hands. |
| velocity over 400 FPS will usually break the skin and | | | | Air soft games have lists of rules and marshals and |
| cause minor bleeding. The game is basically like playing | | | | are usually conducted professionally on site but their |
| paintball but instead of paintballs you fire BB, Some of | | | | are a lot of people who play their own games. As for |
| these guns can fire up-to 750 feet per second which | | | | an age limit I just don't know what that should be |
| is quite powerful and could easily go through 2 tin | | | | but I believe their should be one. I mean some teens |
| cans. The guns are easy to get hold of with many | | | | are more mature than others and would be |
| online stores these air soft guns have recently been | | | | responsible with an air soft gun. |
| banned from mail order in the auk. | | | | |