Hacker News Reader

BBs are metallic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB_gun

Airsoft is plastic. The goal is to shoot your friends with it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airsoft

Regardless of BBs vs airsoft, the article's tagline specifically states that whatever he was carrying is nonmetallic.

Yes I was talking within the context of the article and the parent I was replying to. Google airsoft BBs, and search aliexpress. The term BB is frequently used by manufacturers to refer to plastic BBs, at least within China and Taiwan.

Source: a friend is a major importer into the USA.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com