It certainly is a bogus argument, and you are are only proving my point. Based on the advice of the cop, it's only dangerous because a cop could confuse it with an actual firearm. If cops are blowing away people because they are shooting airsoft or bb guns in their back yards, we have a problem. Since I'm not reading article after article of cops slaying airsoft wielding homeowners, I guess cops can tell the difference. Yes, there have been a couple instances where someone with a pellet gun got themselves popped, but they were playing stupid games and won a stupid prize, the grand prize of stupid.