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“Hello everyone, Matt here, posting one last time to let you know that I’ve stood down as President (minutes of that meeting will be on our website soon). I’m sad to do so as it’s been great fun, I’ve met so many positive like minded people from across the continent, and it’s a very exciting period for the association. Unfortunately, I’m just not able to commit enough time to the EAA to lead airsoft through the crisis we are facing with the EU proposal, the reclassification of replicas as cat C firearms.

ALERT FOR EU 'SOFTERS - ACT NOW! FIGHT NOW!

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“…We went to the house, interviewed him, found that the weapons that were displayed were actually called Airsoft guns, which are not real guns but they’re replicas and they’re very realistic in their appearance,” Hueytown Police Chief Chuck Hagler said. “

GOOGLE TRANSLATE: "...Although we only the existence of a suspect in the past identified, activity near Verviers mentioned in the item, we understand that the Airsoft community wants to distance themselves from this kind of abuse of their sport.

We understand their concern for their sport and like them we want a possible misunderstanding about their involvement in this final end to them.    

Kris Hoflack

General editor VTM NEWS..."

"It is a victory, but a SHARED one ... 
It's thanks to ALL the airsofters out there that we have achieved our right to reply to the outrageous terrorist accusations ... 
This is why I would ask EVERYBODY who is free and available and in the possibility to get to VILVOORDE .. to JOIN US !
Let's show those reporters that a community truly IS a community ..
We are expected to arrive there TOMORROW, at 12hr ..
For those who want to be present, lets join on the parking in FRONT of the building. Since this is on INVITATION only, it's pointless to show up and go inside alone.
If you need more info : just send me a message !...."

"After the outrageous news item on VTM (the largest TV station in Belgium) depicting Airsofters as "terrorists" - the only excuse we got was that "it was impossible for them to see who was a terrorist and who wasn't" on our pictures ... so that they would keep on using these pictures in order to alert the population.

So let's help them out ... send them a picture of yourself during a game with the text "I AM NOT A TERRORIST, AIRSOFT IS A SPORT" to show them that we are sick and tired of being depicted as such ...
Send them your picture on 4040@vtm.be and share this message ... lets flood them with awesome sport pictures !..."

“Link to full article https://www.facebook.com/europeanairs…

The EU is voting on whether to implement a proposal which will really hurt airsoft and other parts of the firearms community….”

“This year the campaign will also focus on imitation weapons, BB guns and air weapons, and the potential for these items to be mistaken for genuine weapons. A social media campaign will highlight how realistic imitation firearms can appear – even to the highly-trained eye of a firearms officer – and the dangers faced by anyone carrying such an item in an inappropriate setting. This will include a number of tweets beginning Monday 23 November with images of guns giving people #secondstodecidewhether the guns posted are real or fake….”

"...Friends from age 7, they played with their siblings and neighbors up and down Woodknoll Way, favoring games such as Airsoft, in which participants shoot each other with realistic-looking replica guns that fire plastic pellets, said Peter Skarlatos, Alek’s older brother. Later at Del Campo High School, they played football, lacrosse and other contact sports...."

“….Among the items recovered in a raid of an abandoned warehouse, around the middle of this month, were explosives such as triacetone triperoxide, syringes, masks, several airsoft rifles, paraphernalia from government opposition groups, and a lone desktop 3D printer. Authorities are now investigating whether or not the group had intended to modify the airsoft rifles, perhaps using components fabricated on the 3D printer, to make them lethal….”

Dudes and dudettes, today was a good day for the airsoft community.

After my call to them-following the Verviers report-to demonstrate our displeasure (and those massive was succeeded), I was invited on the editing to make there to explain our vision.
Although their vision might not be totally in line with ours, they have given us the opportunity to clarify our view and was there also listened to us.
I am the first to put into action to shoot, but am the first to recognize instances when they do bother to want to hear the reply.
After a long and very constructive conversation follows a contextual clarification on channels VTM's News, which makes clear that it was never the intention has been to link terrorism to airsoft.
A clarification that is worthy of our recognition and respect.

I would therefore like to ask the mail to everyone-to discontinue action IMMEDIATELY on 4040@vtm.be. There was further responded to our cry, do with that action would be much like some natrappen and you know my position in it.. natrappen is man-unworthy.

Unfortunately it's not all Rainbows and unicorns.
It also appears that some of us need to go to the journalist deemed PERSONAL attacks and who to hold responsible for everything.
Let me just say that I am EXPRESSLY dissociate from those actions and condemn that may be EVEN MORE. 
It seems to me so obvious that that personal attacks are NOT DONE and that-anyone here guilty of makes-for my part should also no longer appear on the airsoftvelden. 
I am entrusted with the specify that we, as a community, can place us above such wantonnes.. so it seems to me no more or normal that I also 0 understand when they do within our own ranks for.


To this, best airsofters all over the place ....
SKIRM ON http://nieuws.vtm.be/kris-hoflack-antwoordt..."