Well, jobabob, what if someone told you you could not ever play airsoft again, because someone a lot dumber than you (who probably deserved it) shot thier eye out? Or you could never play again or own the equipment because someone could rob a bank with them. (as long as they never had to actually fire it, bank ppl wouldn't know.)
If you knew what labour were doing in this country at the moment you would know this is actually hapenning and I'm none too pleased. However you could take this argument on replica weaponry to a piece of wood with a pipe on it, anything can be a weapon that kills someone, airsoft is very specific in NOT killing people.
So the lives of the people killed by Airsoft are somehow worth less than the lives of those killed by real guns, simply because there are less of them? If even one life is lost, isn't it worth it, to be safe with just a little less fun?
Airsoft CANNOT KILL PEOPLE, it is specifically designed so it cannot even penetrate the skin (1 joule of energy max output) IN THE UK, in the US there are for some reason less laws governing their max power, though site rules obviously try to limit the 'bleeders' from being used.
Anyway, replica guns are a totally different issue, yes they could be used to hold up a bank, but so could a toy pistol you spend ?5 on down the street market.