Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Be Safe When Using Airsoft Guns

By Anthony Carter

As a parent, a child's safety is an important concern. When a child is shown the proper use of airsoft guns, the use becomes fairly safe if all areas of how this type of gun can harm them. Kids learn mostly by the information their parents or guardians give them. Teaching kids the possible ways airsoft guns can hurt them, is the key to using the guns safely.

There is a sufficient amount of protection equipment available for to ensure the safe operation of these types of guns. For the most part, if the proper safety procedures are explained and carried out each time the gun is used, the less amount of safety equipment will need to be purchased.

The most common injury resulting from a pellet gun or bb gun, happens when a child shoots into a hard surface such as a rock, causing the ammunition to ricochet. Ricochets are the most common cause of injury. Sometimes ricochets are impossible to predict, and goggles should be worn by any child operating an air soft gun.

Handling a gun when it is being carried and not being aimed at anything, is crucial to the safety of the child and surrounding people and obstacles. Always teach a child to carry the rifle replica gun, on the shoulder with the barrel pointed up. Some show children to point the barrel at the ground, this is not the best way to carry a gun. Dangerous possibilities include shooting themselves in the foot, or a possible ricochet from rocks under the grass caused by accidental firing.

Holsters should be purchased, or sometimes a holster comes included with a pistol version of the airsoft guns. Telling a child the importance of storage of a gun, and enforcing these procedures are vital to the preservation and proper firing of the gun, at all times. The rifle versions of the gun can be stored along with real guns in a locked gun safe. This way the child will have to ask the parent to get the gun out, because the key should be kept out of the reach of any child in the home.

Cleaning an airsoft gun, is very similar to a real gun. The proper cleaning techniques of guns should be performed more often than a real firearm, because there are more operating mechanisms inside a bb gun, then in a real firearm. The gun shoots using air, and rust becomes a big problem due to weather conditions, humidity and excess oil inside the firing chamber of the gun.

In summary, airsoft guns can be used as a form of protection by adults that are not allowed to have a real firearm due to whatever reasons. These types of guns need to be treated as real guns, and the best judgments and procedures need to be used at all times. Especially when there are young eyes watching and learning from the adults' example.

Always remember to operate the gun safely in mixed company, and if false accusations arise, stick to your guns and spread your knowledge to let the trouble makers know you as an adult know how to properly handle a gun. Airsoft guns and other guns can be dangerous and safety rules need to be learned.

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