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Crossing the threshold of Thumpy's two areas of interests is this nugget that will be taken up by the city councilors in Bend this Wednesday night.  If you are a player or business guy in that area that supports as progressive move to improve airsoft's image...we'd urge you to get the info and be a body-in-the-seats at the meeting... 

CLICK THE PIC for the details from KTVZ.COM

There are not many “new findings” from this abstract of a study from Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas….involving injuries from improper use of what they term “nonpowder guns”…airsoft, BB, pellet and paintball guns & projectiles…Key Points presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference on October 25:

WEAR EYE PROTECTION AT ALL TIMES…

PARENTS NEED TO SUPERVISE USE BY MINORS…

AND, yet again, because many see these as “toys” and not “guns” (regardless of the supposition that airsoft and paintball guns are “powerful weapons causing increasingly severe and sometimes life-threatening injuries in pediatric patients….” yet another call to, you guessed it…legislate ‘guns.’

To wit we say…You can’t legislate away all risk, and you can’t legislate common sense. Period.

UPDATE: More from KUTV at THIS LINK, with details from the Police Chief...

DIRECT FROM THE CITY PD, and a great one to SHARE TODAY!

NEVER EVER bring an airsoft gun onto a school campus, for any reason…even if you are just taking it home to help a friend.  We think “the friend” should be part of this event in big way, too…just sayin.’

That’s right…An Airsoft video you WILL BE TALKING ABOUT for days over on World Star Hip Hop.com….

Did this man do the right thing? The wrong thing?  What would YOU have done in this situation? Should Police have been called?  How about these kids’ parents/guardians? Could getting law enforcement involved have been a bad idea?  Was SHOOTING VIDEO of the encounter and his actions a good idea?

CLICK THE PIC, Watch the video and then LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS on Thumpy’s Socials….Seriously…we want to know

SAN FRAN: “Two teens are suspected of robbing a 23-year-old man with an airsoft gun near a federal bank in the Financial District late Thursday, police said…”   LINK HERE

Louisiana: A gun seized by authorities from a Golden Meadow Elementary School student on Friday was an airsoft pistol, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office said.  LINK HERE

North Dakota: “…The Valley City police chief earlier this month pulled his gun on a man who was playing with airsoft guns with his kids in their front yard….”  LINK HERE

More AIR STUPID incidents with arrests and details, as covered by various media outlets across the fruited plains...and compiled by Thumpy.  DO YOU like the new way of covering AIR STUPIDS?  Please sound off and lets us know what you think!

Just like all stories of this type…it comes down to LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION.   It might be the only lot in the ‘hood, but next to a day care center, in the open with ghillies..???

Still, fair response by LEO…although this is far from a cut-and-dried shoot-no shoot situation.  More likely being used as a ‘cite and learn for the teens and for their community.  As well it should be….

CLICK THE LINK or CLICK THE PIC to see the video from NBC 5 in Chi-Town…