Airsoft Guns - Safe For Kids? - I Think So

So your boy wants an airsoft gun? Your first thought, "Hell no". But let's give this matter a diminutive thought. Forget the Bb gun you or your brother had when you were a kid. You remember, the one that shot out your neighbors kitchen window. Or maybe the one that shot you in the leg and left a welt that lasted for five days. Like your son has been telling you, this is Not a Bb gun. It's an airsoft gun. It shoots a light weight plastic Bb. It won't break the neighbors' windows or ruin your cars paint job.

All of these thoughts ran straight through my mind when my 14 year old son wanted one for Christmas two years ago. He overcame my objections. Although I still had my reservations, I relented and gave him my Visa card to order one online. Being that he wanted all of his gifts that year to be airsoft related, I left it up to him to spend another 0 on the site.

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When I watched him open the boxes on Christmas morning I was rather amazed. I figured the other 0 would be spent on more items of household destruction. But what I saw was that he had ordered a protective mask and goggles. He also had bought protective gloves . Even more fantastic was when I watched him and his friends play for the first time. They all owned and wore the protective items. I guess a generation of kids raised on riding helmets and seatbelts just automatically wears protective gear without mental about it.

That was over two years ago now. After hundreds of neighborhood airsoft battles engaging a dozen or so kids, there has not been a single injury. Unlike football which resulted in a broken thumb or basketball in which he broke his wrist, airsoft has been a very safe activity for my son and his friends. Not to mention, it ultimately got him off the computer and out of the house.

Airsoft Guns - Safe For Kids? - I Think So