I gave my Grand Son two airsoft guns for Christmas. They do look like the real thing from any distance but they also have a blaze orange ring around the muzzle which is very hard to not see.
Airsoft guns usually have an orange tip at the end of the barrel, which Captain Light confirmed.
“I believe this particular handgun had an orange tip," added Captain Light. "But based on our investigation I don’t want to go into particulars and details of the position of the gun and where the officer was. It was 3 a.m., it was dark and again we haven’t interviewed this officer yet and we don’t want to speculate."
Best not let any of The King's Men see your grandson with these dangerous weapons...
I have never understood the idea of painting the tip of an Airsoft Gun Orange.
If a Criminal wanted the Police to think he had an Airsoft Gun rather than a real Firearm, he could simply paint the tip of the Barrel Orange to gain the advantage over any Officer he might encounter while committing a Crime.
Maybe it’s me, but it just looks like Liberal Idiocy in practice.
“Airsoft” has become the generic term for an air gun that shoots plastic bb’s. There are foreign companies that sell “airsoft” guns that look like the real guns and legions of airheads in the “airsoft” culture that wouldn’t be caught dead with an orange tipped gun (bad pun intended).