Legalize BB/Airsoft guns and require a bright orange tip to mark toy weapons in the United States

The Issue

Legalize BB/Airsoft guns in the ENTIRE U.S And require a bright orange tip to all exported, sold, used and sicharged weapons that are toys.

Airsoft is a sport where people use realistic TOY weapons to shoot each other with BBs. No harm is done and there is absolutely no illegal reason to own them. When researching it, I only found this: ''They can be converted into machine guns in seconds.'' ''They can hurt people and can be used to cause intentional deadly harm.'' These statements are absolutely absurd. In no way, shape, or form can an airsoft gun be turned into a machine gun in seconds. We just want to have fun. It doesn't hurt either, as we use correct protective gear. Go out into a field; the only injuries you see are from mistakes.

But, there's a drawback to this. Even upon close inspection, an airsoft/BB gun can look and feel very much like a real weapon. So, all airsoft weapons exported, sold, used, and discharged must be marked with a bright, non-removable orange tip. This way, real weapons cannot be mistaken for toy weapons. The orange tips will stop mis-identification so that I can walk into an airsoft store without anyone screaming.

This can lead to safer, less strict gun laws. 1. The current laws are absolutely absurd. All of the gun laws, if not most, simply need to be re-thought. This needs attention. 2. They're toys, c'mon. They don't even hurt. They also let us train in real fire-arms training and storage!

 

So now not only all of the above, we can aslo TRAIN in firearms safety, so there's another plus. It will help.

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The Issue

Legalize BB/Airsoft guns in the ENTIRE U.S And require a bright orange tip to all exported, sold, used and sicharged weapons that are toys.

Airsoft is a sport where people use realistic TOY weapons to shoot each other with BBs. No harm is done and there is absolutely no illegal reason to own them. When researching it, I only found this: ''They can be converted into machine guns in seconds.'' ''They can hurt people and can be used to cause intentional deadly harm.'' These statements are absolutely absurd. In no way, shape, or form can an airsoft gun be turned into a machine gun in seconds. We just want to have fun. It doesn't hurt either, as we use correct protective gear. Go out into a field; the only injuries you see are from mistakes.

But, there's a drawback to this. Even upon close inspection, an airsoft/BB gun can look and feel very much like a real weapon. So, all airsoft weapons exported, sold, used, and discharged must be marked with a bright, non-removable orange tip. This way, real weapons cannot be mistaken for toy weapons. The orange tips will stop mis-identification so that I can walk into an airsoft store without anyone screaming.

This can lead to safer, less strict gun laws. 1. The current laws are absolutely absurd. All of the gun laws, if not most, simply need to be re-thought. This needs attention. 2. They're toys, c'mon. They don't even hurt. They also let us train in real fire-arms training and storage!

 

So now not only all of the above, we can aslo TRAIN in firearms safety, so there's another plus. It will help.

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Petition created on July 18, 2014