I’m doing an NCR Trooper cosplay and what I’ve noticed is that buying an M16A1 airsoft gun and some brown paint for the furniture is WAYYYYY cheaper than buying a non-functioning prop. Like, the website I saw listed an M1 Carbine Airsoft gun as 250 dollars but the prop version is over 1000. What gives?

  • Hathaway@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Also, it seems insane to me that airsoft weapons need an orange tip in the USA, a country that famously makes it easy to own a real gun.

    Given the prevalence of real guns, wouldn’t you want a defining feature? So, if you, hypothetically, see a bunch of teenagers running through the woods with “guns” you don’t call the police. (May or may not have happened to me in my youth.)

    • Corporal_Punishment@feddit.ukEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Fair, but then theres nothing stopping a criminal painting the tip of a real gun orange as well.

      It isnt a stretch to imagine cops being trained not to treat guns as harmless toys just because they have bright colours on them

      • Hathaway@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 days ago

        They don’t. Which is why I’m lucky I didn’t get killed to a certain degree.