Airsoft Basics Vol 2: SAFETY

[Phoenix]

The most important part of any pre-game briefing is the safety section. At Diamond Corps missions days its repeated ad nausium simply because how important it is. One important thing to always follow is always wear eye protection. The second is to treat an airsoft gun like a real steel gun. A third would be: don't buy an airsoft gun for your kid just cause it looks safer than the Red Rider that, as we all learned from a Christmas Story, will put your eye out. Here's a video showing how a Wal-Mart special clear spring pistol can still be dangerous.

 

[Komissar]

It still amazes me, how many parents/grandparents buy their kids these toy firearms with no understanding of the potential injury the weapon can inflict. To go further, they help "little Johnny" to the local sport store and buy him a container of 10,000 .12 gram rounds for only $9. At close range "little Johnny" now has a weapon that fires 550 FPS, and is wearing his sun glasses (maybe) because he is the cool kid on the block showing off his new toy gun.

The parents I find are as guilty in their ignorance as their kids. These poor examples of Airsofters give the police, courts, media, and general public a paranoid yet somehow justifiable view of what we operators do. Educate the public. Educate yourselves as well.

Great post Phoenix. I take a break in my rant to give others a chance.

[Tank]

I agree there is not much more i can say to add to this but safety is number one and even the little plastic guns are dangerous and they should be treated as real guns.