Airsoft guns don't belong at school. Period.

Ok, all, I've seen this happen far too often. Someone takes their way cool airsoft replica to show a friend and gets in trouble. We just had another incident in West Michigan this week. A link to the news article is below.

Don't do this ok? It is not just the possibility that you could be accidentally shot, its a much larger issue beyond that statistically small chance. And that is this:

If airsoft equipment causes enough false alerts, cities and states will eventually ban realistic replicas.

It's that simple, really. If there are enough complaints, eventually, some lawmaker will come up with the brilliant idea that all airsoft replicas should be bright orange and shaped like a giant foam W or some other silly shape. Don't think it will happen? Have you looked at kids squirt guns lately?

Brandishing your replica in many areas is treated as if you had a live round weapon, and you could get jail time. Keep your replicas in cases and transport them in the trunk of your car on your way to and from airsoft fields. Don't wave them around, or just throw your springer up on the dashboard of your car on the way over to a buddies house. It could get you shot sure, but it will more likely get you an expensive ticket and could get the sport all of us enjoy banned.

And when you are reading the following article, notice the comments. Many people in the public are not at all informed of our sport, and there is a lot of misinformation out there. Don't get mad at the responses, read them and try to better understand them and how to reply to them in a logical, rational manner that would make the person you were talking to see our sport in a positive light. Heck, you might even find some new people to play with or places to play.

A link to the story is here: http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/education/4th-grader-suspended-for-airsoft-gun

In closing, this was just a quick post so I didn't loose the link. Most likely I will come back in a few days and rewrite it more succinctly and give more examples.