SERIOUS TIME, Serious “face” from Big Jay…as he tackles THE QUESTION…See what he’s got to say!

RESPECT is a two-way street, a broad avenue that you not only can drive up and down in your cheap little VW, “sporty” Acura or big, expensive Pagani Huayra…but from time to time, you might have to walk ACROSS that road with the rest of us “pedestrians.”  That’s when you discover that the road you pave does not stop at the end of your own driveway, even at 1 Hacker Way.

Writing All Lives Matter doesn’t make someone a racist.  It makes them race-agnostic.  Banning the use of your products (Facebook/Instagram…) for lawful purposes by the users (airsoft and milsim players, as well as law-abiding gun owners) makes you small, petty and controlling. And frankly, control is not what you should be about.  It is what makes you a Zuckerschmuck. Stop it.  Grow up.

Merlin seems to be on the right track with his thoughts, too….as are a lot of other guys commenting on the ‘webz. We need to be the good guys, shining the foregrip-mounted light of fair play on the morons who are hurting our little game. Air Stupids. Bad Sports and both cheaters and cheater-callers.  Mark Z. included.

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...."

This lil’ ol’ thingy is what JET DESERT FOX does best…has a GOOD TIME and a few laughs while he gets VIRAL and right-to-the-point, even when he’s goofing around!

CLICK THAT PIC to see another side of the Fox-y one, over on his INSTAGRAM CHANNEL, as even HE doesn’t need ME to tell you he’s the king of YouTube!

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!

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.

A brand new look and new way to navigate to the LION CLAWS website, plus a streamlined SAFETY VIDEO ONLINE!  Man, lots of changes for the L.C. faithful this new year…CLICK on that map above to see the new website and watch the videos below, too!

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!...

Our Buddy MATT FUREY-KING’s face tells the story in this short video. NO ACTION to get your viewpoint out to your MEP – that’s your Member of European Parliament – or, seriously, a reclassification could NO LIE KILL AIRSOFT IN THE EU and BEYOND!  Listen to MFK’s short video below and CLICK THAT BANNER or his link to do your part to save Airsoft from the “Nuclear Option” that’s being proposed to kill your game!

“This is how we fight back and keep airsoft alive in Europe.
http://www.euroairsoft.org/index.php/…“

Our buddy Matt Furey-King puts some more perspective on the proposed AIR STUPID European Union ‘trial balloon’ being floated to have all airsofters register their replicas as if they were actual firearms or face criminal penalties…all in the name of fighting terrorism. 

AIRSOFTERS ARE NOT CRIMINALS and AIRSOFT IS NOT THE PROBLEM!…CLICK THE PIC or Matt’s link to the EAA Facebook Page for the full details and a STEP BY STEP list of things you need to do now to fight this!

There’s Banter, Comedic pace…and lots of BB’s to the face! BODGEUPS has another BANG ON sniper video, and we LOVE the fact that this UK super-shooter can find time to LAUGH!  That’s what this silly game is all about, really!

CLICK THAT PIC to hook up with Bodge’er on his Facebook Fan Page…or any of the social links below!

Bluetooth and Airsoft Electronics are the next “thing” and this combo coming soon from PROTECH AIRSOFT will let events and field owners know who’s a “problem child” (we HATE the word “cheater” as we all are not supposed to be doing it or calling out others as airsofters anyway…srsly) so they can be dealt with appropriately.  Do you think it is a “solution?”  CLICK THE PIC to visit Protech on Facebook, and LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS over at the AMPED AIRSOFT video…or here in the comments!

PMOG Armory on FACEBOOK captures the (screenshot) moment that a mini Neft Howler takes out AMPED AIRSOFT’s HMMWV…for real!  Broken windshield is teased in the latest ASK AMPED Episode….but a long technical discussion HERE raises some interesting safety concerns that PMOG has been spearheading for some time….

...THEN, THE AMPED BOYZ have the latest input on HPA’s, AEG’s, Lots of Tech Talk Q&A from vid viewers…AND, opening the crack on the Blacksheep/MilSim West situation that will be coming up in ASK AMPED #40….SUBSCRIBE NOW to get it when it pops!

The only thing better than getting AO Dave’s input on the G&G ARMAMENT 5×5 Shooting target system is know that the event is open to everyone, and coming to a site across the USA near you…SOON!

TO SEE MORE FROM CHARLIE AND THE GANG …CLICK THE PIC ABOVE!

And, to get Dave’s own impressions of what AIRSOFT OBSESSED is doing….hit THIS LINK for their own awesomesauce website!

Nice look and talk with Bob the Axe Man and Randy from CODE RED AIRSOFT about the move to the bigger, badder , ‘speed-softier new site!  This look tremendous!  What do you think?  Leave some comment over at the ASGI vid site and also stay tuned here at Thumpy’s for upcoming announcements from CODE RED!

THIS VIDEO IS INTENSE!  – Great stuff in HD from THE FROG over on his channel, but this one really, truly takes you inside the confusion and “fog of battle” that takes over in a MOUT site like Camp Shelby when things “go South” and players get pushed to the limits!  WELL DONE DUDES!   To see more from FROGGY, hit his YouTube Channel…CLICK THE PIC!

Fast and thorough AAR from David “SEAL” Martin on last weekend’s American MilSim event in Mississippi.  Glad to see players giving straight scoop and good feedback to both organizers AND future player-customers!  WELL DONE!   And, you can see BIOSOFT AIRSOFT’s videos on YouTube at THIS LINK, too!

GREAT WORK here by James and the TWiA gang to bring one of the unique parts of the MilSim West (and, also RAPTAC…yea, you’ll hear ‘grunts’ of all stripes in this one!) experience…an after-event AAR designed to capture the players’ input on making these evolutions even better.  That quality-of-detail that is improving and INNOVATING the highest levels of MilSim.

This mission is a protective overwatch for an assault team…”operated” to near-perfection by NOVRITSCH…and with 100K Views in just a couple of days, he’s becoming the face of airsoft snipers for people far beyond out hobby/sport!….LIKE/SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!

SOLID COPY from James on the latest interview videocast at TWiA’s YouTube AO…and while we’ve never heard of The B’s, we expect we WILL be hearing from them soon!  Find out what’s happening and where they want to see the MilSim game “move” in this excellent interview.  Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to This Week in Airsoft on the Y-Tubes!

Not only LOUD GUNS, with the still-in-testing BOSS noise making units being fielded by B.L. Tech in New Zealand…but now they’ve added one to a Nerf Howler-firing Pneumo-CANNON!  WATCH BOTH VIDS and follow the links or ask questions from the YT page for more info!

Part of airsoft that has a huge following outside standard skirms’ and MilSim events is practical pistol or 2-gun/3-gun target matches.  Huge on the other side of the Pacific, and gaining ground with the NRA and other organizations here…you won’t find a better demonstration of the form and technique than from one of Thumpy’s favorites…RAYMOND KWAN!  Watch this video…explore others on his YT CHAN, as questions or leave comments.  And find out more about Team ProHandgun on their website HERE and HK Shooters Action Air on the Facebook Fan Page HERE!

MERLIN was an “embed journalist” for MilSim West’s “RAID ON ROSTOV” last weekend in South Carolina…which put him in a very unique position to see both sides of the action and to put the whole experience into perspective as a ‘new wave’ event production team brought their concepts to a new A.O. and to a new player base.  How did it work? What’s was cool…and what what too HOT to handle?  READ THE AAR over at Merlin’s News Chan…and then weigh in with your input!