"Airsoft" etiquette: how would you react?

[Hoshnasi]

I keep my eye on kids and adults that are avid paintball/airsofters when we go shoot actual guns. Their muscle memory is just like what was posted above. "Sweep anything but the face"... Not a group to shoot with if you want to stay healthy.

[drifts1]

I don't consider airsofts firearms, same goes for nerf guns, dart guns, rubber band guns, etc... I know some teenage future mall ninjas may beg to differ. Just the fact that you posted the question here suggests you thought your reaction was uncalled for. Only exception would be if you were using the airsoft guns as a training tool for handling a real firearm. The foul language is perfectly acceptable with those type of friends.

[meaty-btz]

Airsoft could blind someone, so whatever method works to convey that. Nice is better of course. Sometimes that doesn't work.

Bro was at a match were a kid lost an eye. Someones hopped up gun punched right through his substandard eye-pro and turned the kid Pirate.

So, yes Airsoft can be very dangerous.

[Hoshnasi]

So them muzzle sweeping someone in the house is bad muscle memory but playing for hours shooting AT people is good "safe" muscle memory?

That makes no sense lol

My point was about how anyone handles a potential loaded gun when the applicable safety "not the face" is not being maintained.

EDIT... Lol, nice try deleting the post.

[JWHuey]

I have a 4 year old daughter,and a 14 year old stepson.
We have nerf guns & Airsoft guns in the home,as well as Air rifles & firearms.

The rule in my home is to treat EVERY gun as if it is loaded (no matter what projectile it fires),and not point them at anything you don't intend to shoot.

As stated above,if you are participating in a game involving airsoft/paintball,with like minded people who are prepared to be shot (and hopefully,wearing protection)it is a different scenario entirely.

Those are my rules in my house. I feel it helps with proper gun safety & handling right from the get go. YMMV.

ETA: Entirely appropriate reaction Imho.

[CoopsDad]

A friend was horsing around with an airsoft pistol and shot me on the joint of my thumb. It busted a blood vessel and hurt like hell for two weeks. I used to think of them as toys but those days are over. Treat them like real guns unless you're in the field and properly protected.

[CK_32]

My point was about how anyone handles a potential loaded gun when the applicable safety "not the face" is not being maintained.

EDIT... Lol, nice try deleting the post.

Nice try? You act like you caught me doing something bad... I misread your post.. So I deleted it accordingly to not start a useless argument especially since I didn't read your post correctly..


But since you replied you can't use airsofters as a bad safety example as if airsoft is the cause. Because I can fill several rooms with the people I've shot with who don't air soft who have 0 gun safety and muzzle sweep anything including the face.

Look at your local indoor range ceiling. I guarantee 70% of them are not air sorters. Your pointing the finger at a sport all the same antis point the finger at guns and bad people. Simplistic thinking.

AIRSOFT IS NOT A FIREARM. So you do not need to treat it as such.. You treat it like an airsoft/paintball gun.. Away from where it can cause permanent harm to someone ie the face.. Any where else will not cause per innate damage. Again your classifying something side by side as if it were something it is in fact not.

Am I a little annoyed yea because like firearms with all of us of course we'll agree, but antis will not because they don't understand and say bad bad guns.. But you all in here are doing the EXACT same thing that the people we all hate so much do with firearms, but with a pellet gun.. The irony and hypocrisy is astonishing.

[Hoshnasi]

... you can't use airsofters as a bad safety example as if airsoft is the cause. Because I can fill several rooms with the people I've shot with who don't air soft who have 0 gun safety and muzzle sweep anything including the face.

I can use airsofters as a BAD safety example and your offering another equally bad or worse group doesn't change my point about airsofters. Your trying to use a logical fallacy.

Look at your local indoor range ceiling. I guarantee 70% of them are not air sorters. Your pointing the finger at a sport all the same antis point the finger at guns and bad people. Simplistic thinking.

The post is about AIRSOFT, not the state of gun safety in the country. Go make a post about FUD things people do at gun shops and ranges, I'll be there with my own stories about negligence. But your 70% is made-up... Further, it's more fallacy.

AIRSOFT IS NOT A FIREARM. So you do not need to treat it as such.. You treat it like an airsoft/paintball gun.. Away from where it can cause permanent hard to someone ie the face.. Any where else will not cause per innate damage. Again your classifying something side by side as if it were something it is in fact not.

It's not a firearm but aims to be a COMPLETE facsimile in areas of color and weight down to the smallest detail. If its not suppose to be treated like a gun, please show me how everyone prefers the airsoft guns that look nothing like the firearm equivilent.

Am I a little annoyed yea because like firearms with all of us of course we'll agree, but antis will not because they don't understand and say bad bad guns.. But you all in here are doing the EXACT same thing that the people so hate so much do with firearms of a pellet gun.. The irony and hypocrisy is astonishing.

We -the people posting on this thread- are doing nothing like the antis. I clearly understand airsoft and paintball, I'm expressing that there is a safety issue with people who shoot airsoft often. They treat something that LOOKS and WEIGHTS the same as a gun as a thing that will won't hurt much if you accidentally shoot someone with it. It sets a bad precedent.

Also, don't lump the pellet guys in with Airsoft. I'm an occasional paintballer and an avid pellet gun shooter, neither should be confused with airsoft. Again, I am not saying airsoft is bad, but you're diluting yourself if you think it's not something that can lead to an ND.

[CK_32]

Yea I'm not in the mood for this. I now see why you held and quoted my deleted post. You guys have fun tackling and disarming your airsoft friends.

Please never visit a paintball or airsoft park. You will have your selves heat attacks with the "dangerous" players with no muzzle safety.


I can already see how far gone this is going. I'm going to bed. Good night CGN.

[rondeezy]

who said anything about disarming airsofters?we're all just advocates for gun safety.a lot of people either start off on or train with airsoft/bb guns so why not want everyone to practice being safe?come on now.

[houstonwehaveaproblem]

Rule #1 Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.

[Whatisthis?]

While I choose to follow the rule of treating every gun as if it's loaded, I would be fine with a friend sweeping me anywhere but the face with an airsoft gun... Under one condition. They take standard precautions (I.e double checking no BBs and ensuring it is in fact an airsoft gun. No different than handing a firearm to a friend. When I grab a gun, whether the person had just checked the chamber or not, I do a press check. It seems overly cautious, but with firearms, there is no such thing as overly cautious.

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

OP, I wouldn't say you overreacted. I'd have had issues with it especially as I doubt everyone there was wearing eye protection.

[Ritchie8719]

Hell no. I would have done the same.

Me too. Practice makes perfect.

As far as muzzle discipline there isnt any aside from DO NOT AIM AT ANYONES FACE

That explains the wannnabes who have to be retrained (trained) in proper handling when they get real guns.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Sorry, but I don't care what kind of "gun" it is: real, airsoft, paintball or squirtgun. If you muzzle sweep me (except in the case of a squirtgun in the appropretiate setting, i.e. river rafting, houseboating on the lake etc.) I will give you major sheet. Including swearing and name calling!