| | | Airsoft Guns | Airsoft is a combat game in which players attack
opponents by shooting them with plastic pellets that
are shot from an airsoft gun. Players use different
kinds of airsoft guns, most based on real firearms.
Airsoft began in Japan, as an alternative for gun
collectors, because firearms are nearly impossible to
own there. This is why the airsoft guns are such
perfect replicas of actual firearms. There was a
demand for a gun replica that could be used for
practice.
As the guns are made to resemble actual firearms,
there are many different models of airsoft guns. These
range from replicas of the most current firearms in
military use, such as the FN P90, to replicas of guns
that were in use during World War Two. The varieties
are almost endless, and there is an airsoft gun
fitting for any style of play. There are airsoft
sniper rifles, assault rifles, pistols, and even
rocket launchers and grenades. Prices of these guns
range from three dollars to over five hundred for the
more advanced models.
The guns are illegal some countries. This is either
because airsoft guns are considered a type of air
weapon in those places, or because copyright law
forbids the replication of weapons that resemble so
closely the genuine article. Other countries have
laws that regulate certain aspects of the guns, such
as maximum muzzle velocity, and require special
markings, such as orange tips, to help differentiate
the airsoft guns from actual firearms. Currently the
game is gaining support in the United States and
Canada.
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