From left to right- Matt Furey-King (Chair UKAPU), Tim Wyborn (Chair ATB), Frank Bothamly (Chair UKARA), James Williams (Treasurer UKAPU)…(Photo Courtesy Matt!)
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“We’re digging into the airsoft laws that took effect in 2016, plus new possible laws that could spell the end of airsoft in some states. Plus our airsoft SHOT Show coverage updates and non-blowback pistol questions. Code Red Headsets video of the week: ACCIDENT AIRSOFT IN TENERIFE/SPAIN –http://youtu.be/0SuShmroj6Q A huge thanks goes out to Palco Sports and Code Red Headsets for helping keep Airsoftology Mondays free for you guys and gals! Visit their sites at http://www.palcosports.com andhttp://www.coderedheadsets.com for all of your airsoft needs. Subscribe to our channel here: http://www.bit.ly/SubscribeToAirsofto… Want to support Airsoftology? Check out our store: http://www.airsoftology.com/store Join the Conversation –
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Jonathan’s got the serious look right here for good reason, as he shares a great update on the fight to CRUSH Massachusetts’ House Bill 3476, updates on California’s implementation of SB 199, along with New York State’s color rules…and a ton of other important info on this week’s Monday’s show! CLICK THAT BIG “NO BUTTON” in the PIC ABOVE to get a link directly to the Facebook Page leading the coordination effort and fight to save Airsoft in Mass…and in all of AMERICA, too!
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From Airsoft GI – “YouTube (Subscribe!): http://tinyurl.com/nughtfn
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I kinda feel real sadzorz for the guys at retailers and import places in California…as they have to spend an extra amount of their time to spin up customers on this silly law. But, this is what happens when you let politicians write bad law, don’t crush it with vigilance, and then reap the consequences. NOTE TO PLAYERS: We have already seen some of you morons…yea, calling you out but NOT sharing your insanity…putting neon tape on your REAL STEEL GUNS to “show those guys in Sacramento…” Show them what, exactly? That you are stupid and want to get shot? That you were so intelligent to figure this out? Please. Don’t make it worse than it already is. ‘199 Stupid is 199-percent DEAD WRONG! TREAT, NEVER, KEEP, KEEP is in full force-and-effect still. “Rule of 4 Stupids” is still the prevailing rule-of-the-street. Keep all your guns in gun bags/cases/boxes. DO NOT GO OUT IN PUBLIC with any airsoft gun unless it is in a controlled situation. Ever.
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Also spreading the word, several of the USA's top Airsoft companies posted up links, videos and social media posts. Valken Airsoft posted a trifecta of videos on their YouTube Channel; 2 on their understanding of the requirements California retailers and gun owners will need to take for rifles and pistols, as well as a third video on New York State's changed requirements as well...
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Just another New Year’s Day, or a ‘date which will live in infamy?’ We guess that depends on what you THINK will happen when California’s long-fought and long-dreaded SB 199 takes effect. And, what legal-beagles in the Golden State might start doing to enforce that law. Quick Recap for those following along and new-to-the-fight...THUMPY SEARCH LINK So, some of the forward leaning folks in America's Airsoft Industry...SoCal being the heart of most of the USA's import HQ for guns, gear and goodies across the Pacific...have been pro-actively prepping for January One. First up, from a shop perspective, you won't find a better spokesperson than our buddy Jerry "BEAST" Ross from Gorilla Airsoft...who was interviewed by a TV local reporter Wednesday...CLICK TO WATCH!...
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“Jennifer Ewing said she was riding down Summit Street near E. 7th Avenue when she saw something frightening. “I look over and I see about eight guys standing and pointing a gun at me,” she said. Ewing says the paintball gun resembled a real firearm. She’s glad it wasn’t. “When one is pointed at you, it looks real,” she said. (emphasis added-T)
Ewing was injured just one week after police say 20-year-old Thomas Woodruff fired a paintball gun in southeast Columbus, striking a man in the eye. That man lost his vision and Woodruff was charged with felonious assault…..”
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BUT, NO…they don’t need to be regulated as a dangerous big-bad-mean old airsoft guns, BB gun, or REAL Pew Pew guns are…we have “markers”….hoooBoyeeeee! CLICK THE PIC to see the VIDEO and the whole story
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BOY CULTURE: An Encyclopedia: E-Book and excerpts – LINK HERE You know your little hobby has made the ‘big time’ when the academics and scholars start to inform, dissect, categorize, reflect on, title and “study” what’s happening with the participant-humans. Specifically, when it “involves the children.” Take, for example…BOY CULTURE: An Encyclopedia, which places “GUNS” and a few paragraphs in CHAPTER 6: “BAD” Boys. Certainly a scholarly tome, posted in e-book format for accessibility and ease-of-editing as new information becomes available, this one is edited by…well…as diverse a group of individuals as you might imagine. But the WHO is not as important as the WHY...."
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FIGHT THE DEATH OF AIRSOFT IN THE USA - Facebook Page to SHARE NOW!
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This looks to-be THE place that will be coordinating the fight to SAVE AIRSOFT in Massachusetts….and it will be both a fight and, if it fails, the DEATH of airsoft as game in Mass., as well as a harbinger of anti-Airsoft legislation across the country. That is not hype. If we ALL do not get behind CRUSHING this bill, Airsoft in the USA has a roadmap for destruction. California was just the beginning. Massachusetts H-3476 is the bitter end. SHARE THIS EVERYWHERE, Sign the petitions as a start…and stand by for the call-to-arms to save our game. THUMPY….OVER!
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“Got questions? Let us know on Facebook! Enjoy the video? Follow the link to subscribe: Evike.com
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MATT does a solid job of explaining how EVIKE is going to be handling customers purchases inside California…AND to those who are buying guns shipped FROM California, with special notice of the New York State-specific marking requirements.
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“The law commission has today published its report on firearms which you can read here; There’s a good chance it will be put into law, as this is the case with law commission reports generally. From our perspective the most interesting parts are that they state that the lethality threshold should be set to 1J, but that an airsoft exemption should be created (based around the VCRA 2006 specific exemption). They recommend setting this exemption at 1.3J/2.5J in line with the 2011 ACPO testing. This is great news. Sensible conclusions, no more ‘airsoft legal limit’ grey areas, and they’ve listened to the airsoft associations. Also note that we were supported by BASC and GTA….Matt Furey-King, Chairman UK Airsoft Players Union…”
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GOOD NEWS FROM THE LATEST LEGAL REVIEW and Recommendations, via MATT FUREY-KING and the UKAPU on their Facebook Page…CLICK THE BANNER ABOVE for the details…and the link below for the full report…
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GREAT Update from the one -and-only (no-longer) Hong Kong Furey and Friends…distinguished gentlement one-and-all…I’d be super-happy having this ‘lot representing me in my country! How’bout some CLICKS ON THAT PIC to get hooked up with Matt’s Link to stay on-top of the UK legal scene and SUPPORT THE GUYS DOING YOUR HEAVY LIFTING!