orange tipped guns?

Question

ok my mother thinks that we are going to get the cops called on me and my friends for shooting each other with airsoft guns that are all orange tipped or clear. i am pretty sure that everybody knows that if you see a gun with an orange tip you know that it is fake. our backyard is facing school grounds although the school is a bit away please help settle this dispute

Answer 1

I have had to deal with this several times. I will respond to any possible weapons offense on face value. Most police officers will. Just because you have an orange tipped toy, does not mean the responding officer knows it is a toy. I took a very real Beretta 9mm pistol off of a perp (he was 19 but looked 15) that had the end of the barrel painted day glo orange.

Your best bet with Air soft is to have fun, be safe and if confronted by police, immediately drop the weapon and show your hands to the officer. Do EXACTLY what he/she/they tell you and you will go home safe. If not, you may go home in a body bag.

Answer 2

Step one. Always wear protective gear, that will show others that this is an airsoft game.

Step two. never..NEVER sight in on someone who is not playing.

Step three. At the FIRST sign of law enforcement drop the airsoft, keep your hands in the open and do EXACTLY what is asked of you.

Anything that may darken or obscure the orange tip may prove to be dangerous. Law enforcement officers when they respond to reports of an individual brandishing a firearm are very tense. Do not do anything to make them more tense.

Answer 3

they have orange information on exceedingly much all pretend weapons to make effective that folk like police going by utilising might recognize that it is not a actual gun because of the fact you will get tackled by utilising a bypassing police or somthing in the event that they see you pointing a gun at somebody yet some human beings paint the top black. (thats what i perfer ;) )

Answer 4

Frankly, it depends on your local laws, your ages, and your neighborhood.

There are 2 kinds of criminal laws: mala prohibita (illegal due to prohibition) and mala en se (I think I got that right, that means illegal in and of itself - like morally really bad).

If you are not damaging property or people, you are really not doing anything mala en se. However, when outdoors brandishing a weapon (even an orange tipped one), the neighbors might decide to report to the police a disturbing the peace complaint. (The strange part is, you are not disturbing the peace until someone complains about it.)

Answer 5

some old idiot may indeed call the cops and they may come out and investigate (especially these days the media has them all hyped up, sitting home watching t.v. with nothing to do). no big deal. just be prepared for it - be polite, respectful and cooperative if they do show up.

Answer 6

If that were the case then why do some crooks paint the ends of their real guns orange ???

Answer 7

If you are on your property, I think you are ok. Just stay on your property and don't go near the school!

Answer 8

You never know, someone may.