Nice airsoft store.

[DUDE]

On 2948 E Bell Rd theres a pretty cool paintball/ airsoft store. its where i got my CA M15A4. their thinking of increasing their airsoft inventory.

[dajini]

Command post?

[pythonline]

yeah, how about a name?  thats not all that far from me and I'd like to check it out.

[Victor3]

Its probably Arizona Paintball Depot.

[DJ NeX]

I believe that it is Command Post, because I just looked them up on google and their address is on Bell Rd.  There's also another one just north of the 202 on scottsdale road i believe. (maybe there is hope of me buying a CA G36c locally)

[Vince]

Nex, I've been into airsoft for a while. I wouldn't have said no if there was somewhere you could get one. Just order it online. If you dorm, the UPS Store on south campus near Sonora will accept a package for you. Command Post doesn't even stock Classic Army, and if you buy an AEG there, have them wipe the dust off it. I think they still sell TM Uzis for 399.95. I would venture to say they haven't sold an AEG in two years.

[DJ NeX]

ok thanks for the info vince.

[DUDE]

The name is Arizona paintball depot. Sorry I have been feeling a little brain dead lately.

[Legs]

A post where a 14 year-old states that he purchased an CA AEG, even though CA demands that the possessors be of legal age (18 years minimum) to own it.  Beautiful, and expressive of all of my posts over the past 5 years here...

[warlock]

Somewhere along the way, I missed the reasoning as to why it's bad to have 14-17 year old players in the game. Anyone care to enlighten me?

When I first started airsofting I was 15. I was taught and instructed by my scoutmaster, and the playing field was almost entirely 14-17 year olds. We held multi-day operations, 30 on 30 skirmishes, navigation exercises, and so on. No one ever got hurt (we wore goggles), no one ever got sued, and we only had the cops show up to do their "WTF are you guys doing??!?!" routine twice in a course of 7 years. I played at every single op, except when I was off doing recruiting in Russia (long story). I missed 5 ops in 3 weeks while I was off in St. Petersburg. I organized most of the ops there, or at least helped supply props, locations, etc. to the ones who were organizing. We ran a completely clean operation, for all ages 14 on up.

To be honest, the strategy some of those 14-year olds were exhibiting before I left that part of the world, was pretty impressive. Utilizing actual military manuevers, outflanking their enemies, and so on.

You know how many of the players we had in our club actually went out and shot people outside of an operation? Not one single person. Brandishing, to be fair we had a couple get tickets for brandishing a firearm because they were carrying their guns from their car into their house when a cop happened to be in visual contact. Big whoop.

I'm not saying that every single teenager out there won't wind up going out and shooting someone up, I'm just saying in my experience airsoft doesn't provoke that sort of behavior.

[busta_cap]

Somewhere along the way, I missed the reasoning as to why it's bad to have 14-17 year old players in the game. Anyone care to enlighten me?

When I first started airsofting I was 15. I was taught and instructed by my scoutmaster, and the playing field was almost entirely 14-17 year olds. We held multi-day operations, 30 on 30 skirmishes, navigation exercises, and so on. No one ever got hurt (we wore goggles), no one ever got sued, and we only had the cops show up to do their "WTF are you guys doing??!?!" routine twice in a course of 7 years. I played at every single op, except when I was off doing recruiting in Russia (long story). I missed 5 ops in 3 weeks while I was off in St. Petersburg. I organized most of the ops there, or at least helped supply props, locations, etc. to the ones who were organizing. We ran a completely clean operation, for all ages 14 on up.

To be honest, the strategy some of those 14-year olds were exhibiting before I left that part of the world, was pretty impressive. Utilizing actual military manuevers, outflanking their enemies, and so on.

You know how many of the players we had in our club actually went out and shot people outside of an operation? Not one single person. Brandishing, to be fair we had a couple get tickets for brandishing a firearm because they were carrying their guns from their car into their house when a cop happened to be in visual contact. Big whoop.

I'm not saying that every single teenager out there won't wind up going out and shooting someone up, I'm just saying in my experience airsoft doesn't provoke that sort of behavior.

Wow...I think legs' post just went right over your head and out the window bud...

Kyle, we know where you are coming from, and I agree that someone that is 18 should have to atleast buy it and hopefully the person using it wont be an idiot.

If all goes well...I will be handling real steel everyday before i will ever be legal to buy an airsoft gun..Ironic ain't it? Ft. Bragg here I come! :arrow:

[dajini]

A post where a 14 year-old states that he purchased an CA AEG, even though CA demands that the possessors be of legal age (18 years minimum) to own it.  Beautiful, and expressive of all of my posts over the past 5 years here...

Maybe his parents legally bought it, but it's his?

That's what we did for my paintball gun and airsoft guns.

[busta_cap]

A post where a 14 year-old states that he purchased an CA AEG, even though CA demands that the possessors be of legal age (18 years minimum) to own it.  Beautiful, and expressive of all of my posts over the past 5 years here...

Maybe his parents legally bought it, but it's his?

That's what we did for my paintball gun and airsoft guns.

And thats why I don't think you should have either of those... Some kids that even shoot real steel from when they are very small, when they get their hands on an airsoft gun they get stupid.

[MicrowvbleTurtle]

A post where a 14 year-old states that he purchased an CA AEG, even though CA demands that the possessors be of legal age (18 years minimum) to own it.  Beautiful, and expressive of all of my posts over the past 5 years here...

Maybe his parents legally bought it, but it's his?

That's what we did for my paintball gun and airsoft guns.

And thats why I don't think you should have either of those... Some kids that even shoot real steel from when they are very small, when they get their hands on an airsoft gun they get stupid.

I would think the opposite.

When I have my child, the first thing he is learning before touching a weapon is the proper handling of it.  I would then reinforce each and every lesson while he does shoot.

I would much rather have kids who have been educated about weapons on the airsoft field than kids who just buy an airsoft rifle and "go at it".

[warlock]

Funny, when I was growing up, my father insisted that I know how to strip, clean, and fire every weapon in the house. 4 pistols, 7 rifles. From the age of 10 I could strip down, clean, and fire all of the rifles, by the age of 12 the pistols as well. At th age of 14 I had my own real-steel pistol, that was owned by my father but completely under my auspices.

I won't say that I've never fired a weapon at anyone, because that would be a lie. But I've never fired a weapon at someone unless it was absolutely in self-defense. I never brought my gun to school, and I never did anything illegal with my gun (now, guns).

As a result of having good discipline with real-steel weaponry, I'm a lot more careful of what I do with anything that could be regarded as one (i.e. airsoft guns), and I consider myself better for the experience.