Common Sense=GOOD, Stupidity=Possibly DEAD.

[Barracuda]

I thought I would post a link to a story I found on another forum I frequent (not airsoft related, specifically,) about what can happen to those who are stupid with airsoft and why kids need to be seriously discouraged from viewing these as just simple "toys". http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=65119 Remember kids, don't try this at ALL! Also thought you guys would find it highly amusing, aside from the potential damage to the reputation of the sport.

[Pacman]

I for one find it in no way amusing. At one time I responded to a call regarding a man with a rifle wandering around a bank. Once I arrived found the "man" who in reality was a teenager. It was dark and about 10 pm so not optimum conditions for ID. He was flailing around long gun which from the distance appeared to be real. I pulled my duty weapon on him and yelled for him to drop the rifle and hit the deck. Luckily he complied almost immediately. What we found was a pellet gun that he had taken from his dads gun cabinet to "shoot birds". The thoughts that go through your head when confronted with such a scenario are fast and furious because if he had not complied it would have taken split seconds to make a fatal decision. The resulting action would not only changed his family but given me an event that would never be forgotten, even now I have the whole thing burned into memory from the simple fact it was too close.
Long story short always treat anything that looks like a weapon like it is a real weapon because even if you know what you have no one else might. When I get tweaked by people firing they're AEG's when in not a designated firing zone it's for a reason, these "toys" can still do damage and the user is failing to treat it as a real weapon.

[Sixxgun]

I for one find it in no way amusing. At one time I responded to a call regarding a man with a rifle wandering around a bank. Once I arrived found the "man" who in reality was a teenager. It was dark and about 10 pm so not optimum conditions for ID. He was flailing around long gun which from the distance appeared to be real. I pulled my duty weapon on him and yelled for him to drop the rifle and hit the deck. Luckily he complied almost immediately. What we found was a pellet gun that he had taken from his dads gun cabinet to "shoot birds". The thoughts that go through your head when confronted with such a scenario are fast and furious because if he had not complied it would have taken split seconds to make a fatal decision. The resulting action would not only changed his family but given me an event that would never be forgotten, even now I have the whole thing burned into memory from the simple fact it was too close.
Long story short always treat anything that looks like a weapon like it is a real weapon because even if you know what you have no one else might. When I get tweaked by people firing they're AEG's when in not a designated firing zone it's for a reason, these "toys" can still do damage and the user is failing to treat it as a real weapon.

I agree I was raised around real gun was taught you treat all guns as if there loaded same with airsoft u treat it as if it were real.