While I would have handled the situation a little different, I do understand the op's feelings. I have an electric airsoft rifle that looks like an ak-47. It is metal and wood and fires a plastic bb with enough force to go through a soda can full of water at about 30 ft. It is also quite accurate out to about 70 ft. Also of note, those plastic bb's do ricochet quite a bit when they hit a solid object and after about 90 ft the bb's start to veer off course and end up somewhere other than where originally aimed.
Now, as to the possibility of getting shot over theese things, it is definately possible. see this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=83&t=31309&p=364294" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; posted on this forum earlier. This is one of the reasons that some cities and towns are banning the airsoft and other bb guns within city limits.
here is the link again in case it got lost in my ramblings:
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