Orwell wrote:EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THESE:
4 rules of firearm (AEG, GBB, etc.) safety:
1) Every gun is always loaded, even when it's not.
2) Keep your finger off the trigger until you're ready to shoot.
3) Never point your gun (AEG, GBB, etc.) at something you don't intend to kill or destroy.
4) Be sure of your target and its backstop.
Orwell wrote:I'm going to stress what's been said but not rebutted:
Jerm_G wrote:If that is the stance of this community, I then need to make this statement very clear. If one decides to toss out the basic safety rules for airsoft, then they have zero buisness owning, posessing, or even handling real firearms period. The liablitiy of attempting to transition between two very simular peices of equipment while blatently disreguarding the most fundimental of safety rules, is a garenteed path to disaster. So much so, that the most dangerous students I teach are not first time shooters, but airsofters. In most, but not all cases, the years of discustingly negligent disreguard for any form of basic safety has in almost every case built a slew of mussle memory issues and a total lack of awareness in reguard to the potential lethality of what they are working with.
Evil Zergling137 wrote:They are not the same and do not need to be treated anywhere near the same.
Icepick wrote:Applying the real steel rules to airsoft really doesn't take much effort if you think about it... Learning to manipulate the safety on your rifle, and being aware of where the end of your muzzle is pointed are both very simple and easy things to do.
Jester316 wrote:Also, Zergling, you are an unsafe person who should not be allowed at airsoft games. Safety rules are not about minimizing pain. They are about maintaining a persons level of health that they started the day at. I've seen bb's embedded in skin, teeth chipped, eyes injured, and other injuries resulting from airsoft guns. Airsoft guns are more dangerous than nerf guns (and even those can cause significant damage). If you don't believe airsoft guns can hurt someone, you need to leave now.
Evil Zergling137 wrote:a) I don't consider flesh wounds to be a safety issue. They require no cleanup and heal naturally over 1-2 weeks. They are a pain issue, not a safety issue.
Jester316 wrote:I made no mention of FPS. I've seen 215 embed bb's in skin. I've seen 300fps chip a tooth. Applying all of Jerm's gun safety rules to those instances would have negated those risks.
Jerm_G wrote:1: Treat all firearms as if they are always loaded.
2: never point a firearm at anything you are not willing, and justified to shoot.
3: keep your firearm on safe untill you are on target, ready, and justified to fire.
4: keep your finger straight, off the trigger and out of the trigger guard in untill you are on target, willing, and justified to fire.
5: know your target, what is in front of your target, and behind your target.
ogrejager wrote:Evil Zergling137 wrote:a) I don't consider flesh wounds to be a safety issue. They require no cleanup and heal naturally over 1-2 weeks. They are a pain issue, not a safety issue.
Wow. Just wow.
Tell that to the Mom of the 14-year-old.
ogrejager wrote:Oh, and warn me if you're ever handling real guns anywhere in the state of Oregon, please.
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