I dunno - this sounds like it is probably overreaction to me. "Plastic BB's" is indeed an "airsoft" gun. Some are indeed dangerous - and painful. Others are darn near worthless and no big deal. My son and I have had airsoft wars in the back yard wearing safety glasses. No big deal.
A lot better than when I was a boy. My brothers and I would sneak off with the Red Ryders and blast the stuff out of each other. It is a miracle none of us shot out an eye, as I don't remember wearing safety glass way back then. My Dad would have tanned our hides - and taken away the BB guns for good had he found out.
Then again, I'm sure he did worse. In fact, come to think of it, he did blast me once. The Red Ryder isn't overly strong, and being zapped with it smarted, but didn't really hurt too much. I thought most BB guns were like that, so make the "assumption" mistake once, and paid the price.
My Dad had a CO2-powered Daisy "six shooter" BB gun (oh, how I wish I had that now), and decided to train the cat not to go up into the kitchen by blasting him with it from the family room when my Dad was watching TV, ala "Archie Bunker style" - from his "command chair". It worked, and the cat learned not to cross the threshold into the kitchen (we lived in a split level), same as the dog, in no time.
I was walking through one day - about 14 years old - and my Dad was watching the news. He had just blasted the cat, and I said something to the effect that I'm sure that didn't hurt too much. I then made the mistake of turning around and walking away, and Dad blasted me in the rear end. I swear the BB lifted me off the ground! I was wearing jeans, and ended up rolling on the ground with my hands on my butt howling in pain. Boy did it leave a welt!
My Dad was the consumate smart-***!
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Nowadays he'd have been jailed for either harming the cat or the kids. Of course, it was just one of many effectively-delivered lessons I learned from my Dad (this one was don't tease an armed man!
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