| Air soft guns have turned out to be a wonderful | | | | with many conversations with my husband and my |
| solution to one of our family's biggest problems. | | | | son's deep desire to shoot with him we found airsoft |
| Running an air soft machine gun business online is | | | | guns. |
| never something I thought I would do much less do and | | | | Air soft guns are replicas of other guns that shoot |
| enjoy but that is the case. I am running an airsoft | | | | 6mm plastic BBs instead of the traditional ammunition |
| machine gun business and loving it. | | | | used by regular guns and are much less powerful. |
| I never imagined my children would be hunters and | | | | These guns are used by many people who wish to |
| shooters. I remember adamantly telling my husband our | | | | enjoy the sport of shooting without the more |
| kids will not hunt or shoot until they are eighteen. I said | | | | expensive and more dangerous "real" guns. As a |
| this because in my perfect world this was not an | | | | mother I like these guns because they are much less |
| option. I just don't get the excitement of hunting and | | | | powerful and fire less than 1,000 feet per second. This |
| shooting. I never have and probably never will. | | | | is considered safe and non-lethal in a controlled |
| However, this is not how fate would have it. Of course | | | | environment. I also loved the fact that these guns can |
| upon seeing daddy hunt and shoot inevitably our little | | | | use biodegradable airsoft BBs which are much more |
| angels wanted to follow in his footsteps. I was horrified! | | | | eco-friendly than traditional ammunition. |
| To all you hunters out there...you would have left your | | | | After studying and reading up on these guns I decided |
| head off the first time I sent my kids out hunting with | | | | as long as my family practiced good gun safety and |
| dad. They were covered from head to toe in bright | | | | respected these guns as "real" guns then they could |
| colored clothing and doused in bug spray. You see I | | | | enjoy the sport of shooting with them. After all I know |
| am a microbiologist. My kids were not going to get any | | | | one day they will grow up and if they continue |
| diseases from ticks! Needless to say that trip was not | | | | enjoying the sport of shooting and hunting they will |
| so successful. After time I have slowly adapted to the | | | | need to know how to safely handle guns and I would |
| fact that my kids will be hunters because that is what | | | | rather learn with air soft guns than "real" guns. |
| they want and that is what their dad likes. | | | | In life we all have to make compromises and choices. |
| The next dilemma came when they started wanting to | | | | Sure I could remain to put my foot down and refuse |
| join their dad on trips to the shooting range and enjoy | | | | for my children to enjoy these sports with their father |
| the sport of shooting. There was no way I was about | | | | but I know in the bigger picture there is a lot of bonding |
| to let my little babies put their hands on the high | | | | going on while they spend time together. So instead of |
| powered rifles that are involved in the sport of | | | | causing lots of friction I just readjusted my thinking and |
| shooting. In actuality if the guns weren't so dangerous I | | | | searched for a solution that was pleasing to all. Isn't this |
| would rather they enjoy shooting instead of hunting but | | | | what life is all about. |
| that wasn't the case. So I searched for a solution and | | | | |