<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Firehead</i>
<br />oh by the way....the person who wrote the article in AZ central is going to publish the email i sent to them correcting some facts. dunno when, but she said she would.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="qn't buy airsoft, but since I am not, it's a moot point. I didn't have anything to do with airsoft until I was in my early 20's, so I didn't have to deal with the age thing for airsoft. I did for driving and various other things. You can't legislate maturity. If you have some way to do that, I'm sure the gov't would LOVE to hear about it - and you'd be a wealthy man.
About responsibility, you're preaching to the choir. Parents in this day and age need to be MUCH more responsible than they are. Parents look to blame ANYTHING but themselves for ANY undesireable behavior(s) their child exhibits. It's sickening, but it's the leftist mantra that responsibility doesn't matter.
However, trying some "civil disobedience" regarding minors in airsoft ("allowing" them to play against the laws) is NOT the way to go about getting things changed.
Look, what it comes down to is this (we've echoed it a million times, but it always comes back to this):
What most of the "I am young but more mature than most guys 138x my age" crowd doesn't realize is that if someone over 18 hurts themselves, they are a dumb adult. If someone over 18 uses airsoft to rob a bank, they are an adult; responsible for their actions.
But if someone under 18 hurts themselves, it is not their fault, and parents look to blame anything possible. If someone under 18 uses airsoft to rob a bank, it is the fault of the replica/the retailer/the airsoft culture, etc.
Screw any ideas about maturity rates and that crap. Its not about "my, for a 14 year old, you sure are responsible" its about "as a 14 year old, if you screw up, you hurt the sport more than if you were 19 years old."
Like it or not, the law says you are an adult at 18, and the law treats minors and blame differently than adults.
Again, if you don't like that, write your senators and congressman to get it changed.