Man Faces Charges From Firing Airsoft Gun

Bellevue police say they are recommending a charge of drive-by shooting assault be filed against a 19-year-old camera salesman suspected of firing shots - with what turned out to be an airosft gun - at a group of day laborers in front of a Home Depot on Sunday afternoon.

Police Spokeswoman Carla Iafrate said the department is not recommending a charge of malicious harassment, the state's term for a hate crime.

Police were called to the Home Depot on 120th Avenue Northeast around 1.p.m. Sunday after a report of shots fired by a man wearing a red T-shirt and driving a green Ford Explorer, according to the police report. No one was hit, but the laborers said they were afraid, police said.

An officer interviewed employees at a nearby Best Buy who identified the driver as a camera vendor who had worked in the store earlier in the day.

Prosecutors have until yesterday to file charges against the man, who is being held on $200,000 bail in the King County Jail for investigation of first-degree assault.

Person Carrying Airsoft Gun Causes School Lockdown

A suspicious person who caused a school lockdown Friday at the Academy Hill School was evaluated Tuesday and discovered to have stop his prescribed medication for several months, said Police Chief Dennis Brown Selectmen.The school was put on lockdown while officers of the region. When school was cleared and officers have started to move from door to door to residences in the area until they found the suspect, according to a press release.

It was later found out that that the weapon cwas actually a facsimile type airsoft gun that can shoot small balls of plastic.

The school was reopened after officers clarified the situation. The case will be presented to the Payne County District Attorney’s Office, which will determine whether charges will be filed, after police conclude their investigation.

Types of Airsoft Guns: Spring, Electric and Gas

If you like guns but do not want to have a real weapon and you want to have fun at the same time, airsoft gun maybe good for you. After you have seen all these action movies, you may be itching to get together with friends and doing some shooting practice. What makes airsoft guns popular is that they resemble the real thing. For example, AK-47 looks like real. These weapons are really copies of the true AK-47. Getting together with friends on weekends and go to a shooting range can be fun and not to mention a great stress buster. This post might help you choose the right airsoft guns you want to use.

There are basically three types of airsoft guns, spring-fed, electri and gas. Spring guns are the lowest power when it comes to firepower and considered to be the cheap airsoft guns. It is generally recommended to start with one of these and get used to own and operate a rifle. Not only that, due to its relatively low cost, is the best way to get started with this hobby. After spring airsoft guns on, the next step in the electric airsoft guns. The main claim to fame of these weapons is that they have an enormous capacity for rapid fire. Electric models are quieter of the three. Once the batteries have been recharged, you can fire that gun again.

Gas Powered Airsoft guns are most effective, and 3 t get fed by gas cartridges, which is famous. As mentioned, airsoft guns can be very real. The only way to tell if you are looking for an airsoft gun is the tip orange. Would otherwise be impossible to tell the difference unless you are a gun expert.