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More bad press for airsoft?

Postby chapped » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:18 pm

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40717412
[quote]PORTLAND -- A man fatally shot by Portland police officers Friday was brandishing a “replica handgun that looks and feels like a real firearmâ€
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Postby ParoJo » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:27 pm

...ugh thats what we need another insane asshole about to get the coolest sport band forever :doubt:
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Postby Snowman » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:32 pm

jwip95 wrote:...ugh thats what we need another insane asshole about to get the coolest sport band forever :doubt:


Read: "drunk asshole", "banned"

I myself am glad that MSNBC didn't refer to airsoft by name.
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Postby mossy » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:43 pm

I heard it was a BB gun like a Big5 "Colt" pellet gun... (not airsoft technically)
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Postby RiotingCows » Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:47 pm

Yeah it doesn't say it could just be a movie prop from what there saying.
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Postby Junto » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:19 pm

mossy wrote:I heard it was a BB gun like a Big5 "Colt" pellet gun... (not airsoft technically)
Also very likely. GAMO guns are a lot more accessible to people just by being on store shelves and have been touting the "replica" name for a long time.
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Postby CHUCK » Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:51 pm

I will ask Pete Simpson what it was. I'm good friends with him.
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