Don’t think they should be expelled, but want to point out that airsoft are more like BB guns.
My son and huband do not shoot them in our neighborhood. They play in organizwec games and the always wear protective eye gear.
They are not a nerf or water gun!!
“...but want to point out that airsoft are more like BB guns...”
They shoot 6mm PLASTIC BBs, and while yes it COULD damage an eye from a careless shot, when they hit the body, it only stings a little bit.
Was the kid wrong for shooting other kids with it? Yeah, his father or mother should have walked outside and smacked him upside the head for doing that - and THAT should have been the end of it.
Boys will ALWAYS be boys and have a healthy curiosity for ANYTHING that goes bang, boom, blam... and we need to teach them accordingly and safely.
And Airsoft guns are great for teaching fundamentals - trigger squeeze, sight picture, proper safety. My kids learned on .22s at the range, and Airsoft pistols in the den and yard.