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Originally Posted by jquirit
You've hit a very good point on the head. When airsoft was a niche activity you didn't have a lot of kids and such running around with these replicas. With the explosion of popularity with airsoft there has been more and more instances of events like you have related in the evening news.
One of the activities we pushed for when airsoft was taking off was for the education for both the parents and kids on proper safety and handling of airsoft products. I'm glad to see more and more vendors pushing for more personal responsibility of the people purchasing it, especially for the parents that are purchasing it for their kids and educating them on the proper usage.
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Yes indeed guys!
The guys that i normally play with are very serious on a safety note. Barrel plug at all times when not in game, and ballistics grade eye protection. Never blatantly shoot nipple->up even if its the only should you could make, just yell the comment Kill-
Its great fun when safety is given, but with the great popularity, damn it destroys it for the people trying to do this as a hobby when people mistaken the people that put hundreds.. if not thousands of dollars in there gear= to 16 year old boy with a 10$ wal mart special driving around popping his friends in the back.
It does help that our leader is an ex marine, and we have a hand full of officers from the police force that join in-
So come on guys, lets continue the fun! glad to see some interest and thanks jq for posting that
