Right guys, I can see a number of things in this, Airsoft is fun, those that take part will get some form of adrenanline rush, that is the nature of what you are doing.
I have seen some very good weapon handling by people who use Airsoft, but I have also seen some very bad and not all airsoft users obey the rules.
If you have been brought up with a traditional upbringing with firearms the first thing that is taught to you is never point a weapon at someone else (in jest, is sometimes applied to this).
I have used airsoft and found it quite a good training aid, but I have also got a lot of experience with weapons from air rifles (I have been shooting since about 5 or 6 years old) and moved up to some very large weapons.
Now RB has given us a point of view, now I suggest that people read where RB is from, the rules and regulations that are applied there are considerably heavier than they are in England.
Not so long ago someone pointing an airsoft at another person in Northern Ireland if observed by the military could easily have found thier life on the line :yikes: .
"If it is deemed that to yell warning to an armed person would increase risk of death or injury to another person a soldier is allowed to open fire without warning."
Those are part of the rules for soldiers serving in Northern Ireland. Try indentifying an airsoft against the real thing at a range of 100 meters and tell me what you would do in a soldiers place :?: .
So if we come back to the matter of what RB was saying, you may now see that it would seem a bit foolhardy to point anything that resembles a firearm at anyone in Northern Ireland and this I can appreciate :wave: