Quote:
|
Originally Posted by ZrByte
Wasnt there a two year old killed with just such a gun about 2 weeks ago in the uk?
|
No there bloody well was not!
That poor child was killed by an airpistol (legally owned too, I believe).
These are high powered, target/rat killing weapons.
Anything with a energy rating of over 1.35J is considered to be able to inflict a lethal wound (lethal being the legal term for any significant wound such as drawing blood)
Legally firing anything at higher than 1.35J at someone is illegal (there are specific clauses for paintball markers which fire well above this level but no one's ever been killed by a paintball..)
Airsoft weapons are normally restricted to 1J to make sure we're well below the limit. This equates to 328fps with a 0.2g plastic BB
Out of the box you're looking at only 260-280fps so well below 1J
Springers which are unfortunately readily available to chavs from market stalls are even lower.
A UK 1J airsoft weapon will sting when you're shot by it, may even produce a small welt, but after a few minutes that generally subsides.
In other countries, such as Norway and the US, there are no limits, and some sites in the UK still alow single action sniper rifles to run at 500fps but with minimum range limits, so their impact force is below 1J.
No one has ever died from being shot with an airsoft weapon.
Airguns are generally rated at 1000fps and beyond and fire metal pellets.
So, as you can see, there is a HUGE difference between airsoft and airguns (unfortunately, unlike paintball we can't rename our guns "markers" to make them sound nicer)