I'm gonna get downvoted to oblivion, but the reality is that a lot of shitty criminals who can't buy a real illegal handgun use an airsoft one because it looks so similar. There has to be some mechanism to discourage shit criminals from doing shit criminal things.
Why r we trying to prevent criminals from obtaining these ? They are literally one of the most harmless tools they could choose to use. What would you rather take to the chest ? A shot from a real gun? A 4 inch knife blade ? Or a conical pellet from a 500fps pellet gun ? These airguns are a bluff that at worst will take your eyesight or maybe severely damage your throat. Knives, bludgening devices and real guns will take your life.
A pretty convincing bluff that 99% of people will not challenge. Like I said, I don't know what the solution is, but as a responsible legal gun owner I understand that there will be inconveniences for the greater good.
But the fact remains thats its not generally lethal. Nobody's actually going to loose their life to these encounters unlike when a real weapon is used. Criminals resorting to using airsoft to commit crimes is an improvement to public safety.
I aint missing anything, our Law Enforcement is when they continously pursue the route of banning these devices while appearently being blind to the fact that its sucess will just force the criminals to once again pick up REAL weapons that ultimately leads to innocent life being lost.
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u/K0bra_Ka1 Aug 04 '26
I'm gonna get downvoted to oblivion, but the reality is that a lot of shitty criminals who can't buy a real illegal handgun use an airsoft one because it looks so similar. There has to be some mechanism to discourage shit criminals from doing shit criminal things.