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The headline is pretty damning….” WINSTON-SALEM — Winston-Salem police have seized 280 BB guns and airsoft rifles in the past three years, and those types of weapons have been used in 600 crimes in Winston-Salem during that period, police officials said Wednesday….”

Read this one, and know that it is usually NOT law-abiding, police-supporting individuals who are breaking laws and taking their lives into their own hands with airsoft guns.  Why we ALL need to be making connections and spreading the good word with our own local LEO’s…

SEE THE NEWS & RECORD Video here…CLICK THAT PIC!

Every so often, we get one of these stories in the old news feeds...and the overriding question that we ask every, single, stinkin', time is...."if they are illegal, why do so many airsoft guns come out of government-owned factories?"  You answer for yourselves.

Man oh man, do we get tired of these.  And again, California...with all its insane and inane laws...police again open fire on a guy with an airsoft gun on full display on a city street.

Listen closely to the details in these video links, and HIT THIS SEARCH LINK for more in the Google News Search

There is A LOT more going on behind-the-scenes in the European Union than this simple press release might suggest.  We'd also point you to the great posts coming from the UK Airsoft Players Union (UKAPU Website HERE & FACEBOOK Link HERE) and guys like Matt Furey-King to get a more well-rounded perspective.  None-the-less, STAY FROSTY and HEAD ON A SWIVEL EU Players!  The fight is far from over, the battle not-yet won!

Settlement announced involving the playground shooting of Tamir Rice...

THUMPY's coverage via the SCOOP.IT Site: LINK HERE

http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2016/04/city_of_cleveland_to_pay_6_mil.html

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/25/us/tamir-rice-settlement/

We caught up with FRYE the Airsoft Ambassador, who spins everyone up in a very fast update on the fight to protect airsoft in Massachusetts and the northeast. The few are doing the work of many, battling back against rogue anti-2A representatives bent on destroying our game. Give these folks your support by clicking on these links to help spread the word!

Frye the Airsoft Ambassador on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Frye-T…
Fight Massachussets H-3476 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savemassairs…

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!

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Suspects use airsoft gun to shoot man outside of bus station…CLICK THE PIC for details from KTUL TV

AND, not the first incident this week, apparently…details HERE from Fox23 Morning News

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Sweden: Granny has a drink and a row with an internet sales-guy…this is a good one from The Local Sweden…via their site and FB News Pages

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Baltimore: Again!….”Police say a juvenile fired several rounds with an airsoft gun during a fight at a Frederick pool….”

LINK IS HERE from FOX 5 News in Balto…which is WBFF..Serrsly?

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Chesapeake, Virginia…10 Year old shoots 8 year old with Airsoft gun ON A SCHOOL BUS…dang…LINK HERE from WAVY 10 TV

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Dallas…Great headline here! – “Crime Blog – Only threat posed by gunman in Dallas Family Dollar robbery was a stained shirt..”  LINK HERE from Dallas News.com, with a pretty comprehensive look at airsoft-by-criminals in that part of Texas, and all the wrong-headed cop moved to “regulate” airsoft.

CLICK THE PIC to see the Press-Telegram coverage and scene video from the SoCal News Group.  Amazing how quiet things have been in The Big Sac after this incident…wait for the other “ghost shoe” to drop sometime on Tuesday-Wednesday….or so we are told…

CONGRATS going out to our new Kansas buddy with an "R" next to his name...for keeping it REAL in the heartland, and getting this potentially-precident setting state bill on the way to Governor Sam Brownback for his signature!

Airsoft is back in an American legislative body, but this AIR SMART measure might just set some ground-rules for positive use of airguns on local school campuses across the USA.

Kansas House Bill 2468 is proposed by Representative Blake Carpenter (R-District 81), and passed a 91-27 floor vote in March, and will be brought back into session in the Senate next week. (April 27th, 2016)

The bill as amended, would "make changes to the Weapons Free School Act by prohibiting school districts from adopting policies preventing organizations from conducting activities on school property solely because the activities involve the possession and use of air guns."

"Under the bill, school districts could prohibit the possession of air guns at a school, on school property, or at a school-supervised activity except when a pupil is participating in activities conducted by an organization or is in transit to or from such activities. School districts could not implement policies that prohibit the possession of an air gun by a pupil on school property if the pupil is a participant in the activities of an organization."

A local school shut down a shooting sports program in spite of a 30-plus year safety record far exceeding other big high school sports such as football, soccer, basketball and volleyball.  That's when Carpenter stepped up with the proposal and safeguards to allow use of BB, pellet and airsoft guns on campus under close supervision of organizations for athletic or safety training purposes.

THUMPY's NEWS contacted Representative Carpenter Thursday for an update.

"I managed to get HB2468 into SB65. Hopefully, when we get back the Senate and House will do a conference committee on SB65. They should keep HB2468 inside SB65 and once they pass it out of the committee it will go before both chambers for a yes or no vote. I believe that it has a good opportunity to pass both chambers."

We'll stay on top of this, but urge you supporters in Kansas, or across the Airsoft Fruited Plain' to get in touch with Representative Carpenter to cheer him on with your backing!  CLICK THAT PIC ABOVE to follow Blake's post via Facebook, too!

BREAKING NEWS from the EU and our buddy, the hardest-working man in Airsoft not-on-this-particular-continent…MATT FUREY-KING!  We jest, but the update posted over on the EAA’s site is amazing!  Airsoft..,SAFE FOR NOW, and in even a better political and support-position that before the ‘scare of ’16 got started!  READ IT ALL AT THIS LINK…after the teaser here…and CLICK THAT PIC to see if you can send Matthew and the gals/guys a note of thanks over on their FB Site, too!