Those orange tips are only required for shipping; the vast majority of us paint over them once we receive the guns. But, we're never playing on the street, we have dedicated fields. Airsoft/MilSim is evolving pretty quickly from the old "spring guns in the backyard" to platoon/company size operations with 100-300 people. Sadly, if we don't let enough kids know about ORGANIZED events, things like this will continue to happen and we'll end up losing our rights to own/use these guns which are amazing training and practice tools.
If you happen to speak to any of the kids involved in these instances PLEASE let them know about organizations like Texas Airsoft (TASO) and North Texas Airsot (NTA)
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