Why Do Airsoft Guns Need to Have Orange Tips in the US?
America is the land of the free and the home of the brave, so why is it that toy and replica guns have to have this orange tip? Even though it’s not 100% effective, previous histories with guns and law enforcement have proven to be fatal. The first regulations on toy guns happened in 1987 after a 19-year old kid was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer who mistook the black Worlds of Wonder “Lazer Tag” gun for a real gun. Shortly thereafter, Worlds of Wonder changed the color of their guns from black to white. Tiger Electronics eventually bought the “Lazer Tag” name and their guns are now bright green, orange or red. During the 1990s, these mistakes were more and more common and not just among law enforcement, even though black toy guns were more and more rare. In 1998, a 9-year old girl found her father’s loaded gun. Mistaking it for a toy gun, she killed her 6-year old sister with it. Also in the ’90s, a man named “Happy” John Dine was shot dead by a police officer who was ca
