Gun Control & RKBA

So the law says Airsoft has to have a 1/2 inch orange stub on the barrel tip. I knew this and think it comes under the NASCAR decal rule; if it doesn't look straight from 50 feet at 50 mph, it ain't straight. If this tiny orange tip can't be seen during a standoff, possibly in the dark, when adrenaline is flowing and tensions are high it doesn't help.

As for the NSSF's and the NRA's concerns about painted air guns being treated as toys please explain why they both promote this:

Now about BB and pellet guns. I searched Pyramidair for pistols. The muzzle velocity for these look alike guns ranges from just under 300 fps to just over 400 fps. The strong ones might penetrate a police uniform and break the skin at 20 feet. Yet they are lumped in with the most powerful break barrels like the one I own.

The concern of police departments is that 83 (reported) shootings of people with nonlethal imitation guns is too many when a simple fix would save these lives. I've seen nothing in this thread to explain the opposition to marking such toys and bb/pellet guns as what they are: toys. Now, if there should be a carve out for high performance non firearms it is worth discussing. The problem with that is that if that door is opened and it is admitted that these high performance air guns can be as deadly as firearms, the question changes to "Why not regulate these guns like conventional firearms?"

You can't really have it both ways and look like reason applies to your position; either they are 'real' guns and should be regulated like conventional firearms or they aren't and should be treated as such.