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Eye Injury Study says bad things about Airsoft and Kids..but mostly...PARENTS! - Time/WSJ and More

Eye Injury Study says bad things about Airsoft and Kids..but mostly...PARENTS! - Time/WSJ and More | Thumpy's 3D House of Airsoft™ @ Scoop.it | Scoop.it

““These results demonstrate that air guns can cause severe, yet preventable, eye injury among the pediatric population,” explained Dr. Douglas Fredrick. “To reduce rates of pediatric eye injury, both practitioners and air gun companies should promote and lobby for eye safety mandates among all air gun users. Furthermore, changes in state policy to regulate possession and usage of air guns among minors may be warranted to reduce rates of accidental injury.””

Thumpy Covey's insight:

NOT GOOD NEWS!  But it seems most of the reporting on this study from Stanford University puts the cause properly in the hands of PARENTS in supervision, use and eye-pro…


Interesting to see former (??)-airsoft business guy John Steele quoted in the Time article, too…


Links to the various parts of the story…most will cost you money, but welcome to today’s Journo-dilemma;

TIME Magazine online LINK HERE

Wall Street Journal ($$) LINK HERE

Stanford Medicine SCOPE website online LINK HERE

Science Direct.com’s link to the original Paper ($$) from Rachel Lee and Dr. Douglas Fredrick  LINK HERE



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New AIRSOFT MEDICINE Podcast is up!

New AIRSOFT MEDICINE Podcast is up! | Thumpy's 3D House of Airsoft™ @ Scoop.it | Scoop.it

"Dr. Airsoft (Mark Vaughan, M.D.) and Rangemaster Larry discuss "real"-capacity magazine mil-sim airsoft games, and they provide a supplement to the Gear Locker podcast on first-aid kits. Rate the show on iTunes. See www.airsoftmedicine.com"

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Airsoft Innovations Gas Can and Tornado Impact Grenade demo for Airsoft Medicine

Check out the BANG, and look for the guys OUTSIDE the CyberGun Shooting Range last year!...Including THUMPY!

 

"Rangemaster Larry of Airsoft Medicine gets a demonstration of the Airsoft Innovations Gas Can and Tornado Impact Grenade by Carlton Chong at Shot Show 2011."

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Dr. Airsoft- Quick Change Spring AEG SAFETY

Safety and the quick change spring, as Dr. Airsoft (Mark Vaughan, M.D.) demonstrates the how the new Umarex H&K G36 models by Ares can change muzzle velocity (FPS) by chaning the spring....

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TWOMEGO's? What the?...Heee'sssss Doctor AIRSOFT! - July podcast is LIVE AND FREE!

TWOMEGO's?  What the?...Heee'sssss Doctor AIRSOFT! - July podcast is LIVE AND FREE! | Thumpy's 3D House of Airsoft™ @ Scoop.it | Scoop.it

"Rangemaster Larry and Dr. Airsoft answer Omego's questions about setting up a firing range as part of an airsoft field. Rate the show on iTunes. See www.airsoftmedicine.com...."

Thumpy Covey's insight:

The Good Doctor...and Rangemaster Larry....are back!  Kinda like the "nasty" on Larry's elbow, in this latest episode of the safest-podcast on the 'Webz!

How to build a SAFE SHOOTING RANGE at a field...what better topic to kick off the 'cast....The big Rx above will take you to the 'cast list...and also LIKE AND SUB ALL of the AIRSOFT MEDICINE Channels, on FB. YT and LMNOP, PDQ you FNG's...FRIENDLY New Guys!!!!

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ProTech Dent Dental Guard Tested by Airsoft Medicine

Dr. Airsoft of Airsoft Medicine compares the ProTech Dent dental guard to a custom guard made by Dr. Kihara, DDS, and an off-the-shelf "boil-and-bite" style ...
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Airsoft Medicine Interview of Thumpy at Shot Show 2011

MY VERY FIRST EXPERT INTERVIEW IN AIRSOFT....with Dr Airsoft and Rangemaster Larry of Airsoft Medicine... interviews Thumpy about muzzle velocity (FPS) limits and face protection at Shot Show 2011.

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