| While the airsoft pistol handgun is a popular form of | | | | legality. |
| the airsoft gun, there are those who wish to make it | | | | The Motivations of the Anti-Airsoft Gun Movement |
| decidedly unpopular by making them illegal. Now, | | | | The motivations are not always clear, but the most |
| there is not serious political movement looking to ban | | | | common complaint is that these types of guns will |
| the airsoft pistol hand gun, although there are those | | | | de-emphasize the violence associated with weapons |
| critics out there who would wish to see the airsoft | | | | and end up encouraging violent behavior. This is, of |
| pistol hand gun wiped off the map - and wiped off | | | | course, a theory and as a theory is not viable for |
| the map in a rather swift fashion. | | | | changing the law on its on face value. This argument |
| It is not as if this is without precedent. In the 1990s, | | | | will never work because it lacks any empirical |
| there was a movement to ban the sale of toy guns | | | | evidence supporting the fact that the airsoft pistol |
| in certain states. It is no surprise that the airsoft | | | | handgun does not psychologically gear someone |
| pistol gun would come under the radar of those | | | | towards violent behavior. |
| looking to eliminate replica guns from the realm of | | | | |