| Â | | | | enforcement officials have been left with no |
| | | | other option that to treat these cases as |
| There was been quite a large amount of | | | | though the perpetrators are using real |
| controversy surrounding the air rifle, and | | | | firearms. |
| various other type of bb guns. With people | | | | |
| striking out at an increasing and alarming | | | | There are some who have stated this is |
| rate, some individuals have used such guns to | | | | nothing more than an overreaction to an |
| threaten and cause panic. There have been | | | | antiterrorist mentality but those on the |
| frequent reports brought to the forefront of | | | | other side of the fence are calling for more |
| our news in which angry and irresponsible | | | | stringent laws to better govern those who own |
| individuals and sometimes groups, use air | | | | an air rifle, or other types of air based |
| guns to assault innocent bystander's and | | | | guns. Still there are others that cry out for |
| sometimes give the illusion that their guns | | | | all guns to be banned, both those capable of |
| are real firearms. | | | | deadly force and those of lesser danger. Some |
| | | | smaller groups oppose all of these views and |
| It appears that the majority of those | | | | would rather see no additional action taken. |
| individuals who do use such guns for | | | | These individuals believe that while an |
| unprincipled behaviors are usually on a | | | | object may be used to commit a crime, it is |
| younger generation and male. These persons in | | | | ultimately the actions of irresponsible and |
| their mid to late teens and early twenties | | | | angry people that cause others harm. |
| seen to have a vendetta against the world as | | | | |
| dictated by their choice of tools when | | | | Who's right depends on your personal opinion |
| committing such crimes. Surely many of these | | | | though one thing is for certain. When looking |
| younger people thankfully have no access to | | | | to point fingers when minors are involved in |
| real firearms and so choose weapons of lesser | | | | such actions, it is only fair to point at |
| force. | | | | parents. In some cases parents have admitted |
| | | | to leaving an air rifle within reach of an |
| Everything from drive by shooting using | | | | irresponsible and immature teenager. What's |
| paintball guns, and robberies using bb guns | | | | worse is that some parents aren't even aware |
| have become all to common. Additionally it is | | | | that their child is having trouble or had |
| becoming increasingly difficult for both | | | | access to weapons, even when they are the |
| passerby's and law enforcement to discern the | | | | owners of such things. I think that even the |
| difference between real firearms and their | | | | most troubled kids can be better managed by |
| far less then lethal counterparts. This has | | | | giving and paying a little more attention to |
| caused uproars in those communities affected | | | | them and carefully observing their behavior. |
| by such criminal activity. Many law | | | | |