# Why don't they make automatic or semi-automatic BB guns?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-automatic-or-semi-automatic-bb-guns/108012>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 9, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-automatic-or-semi-automatic-bb-guns/108012 "2002-05-09T02:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-automatic-or-semi-automatic-bb-guns/108012/21 "2003-01-21T15:23:52Z")

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airdisc, what would be the point of having one anyway?

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-automatic-or-semi-automatic-bb-guns/108012/22 "2003-01-21T15:35:38Z")

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You’ll shoot your eye out!

Brian  
sombody had to say it

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-automatic-or-semi-automatic-bb-guns/108012/23 "2003-01-21T15:59:32Z")

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Probably the only reason you haven’t seen them commonly available is the trmendous liability a manufacturer would face. Last thing I’d want to face is a lawsuit because some drunken frat boy injures someone with something I built. Justified or not these suits always go for the deep pockets and the manufacturer is the simplest one. This is already a common thing in firearms.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-they-make-automatic-or-semi-automatic-bb-guns/108012/24 "2003-01-21T16:02:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by handy \*  
> \*\*airdisc, what would be the point of having one anyway? \*\*

Hunting and target shooting of course 😃

and because its FUN.

If you ever get the chance to fire a full auto weapon, give it a try, its wild stuff.

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