NOW…Lawmakers bill-author DAN CULLINANE (D—of course he is) and 7 co-sponsors are trying to “just do SOMETHING” because inaction isn’t good enough.
CLICK EITHER PIC to watch the video,…get even MORE MAD that you already are, and start lighting up the phone lines, e-mail inboxes and get ready for ROUND TWO. This time we all need to CRUSH THESE LAWS once and for all!
Thumpy Covey's insight:
OK, apparently there WAS a beginning of how the Airsoft/BB-Pellet Gun/Paintball-Killing House Bill 3476 came to be. What appeared to be a fast-track of the bill through the Statehouse on Beacon Hill was derailed and send back to committee on Wednesday, partly through the efforts of pro-gun groups including Gun Owners Action League/GOAL…and a bunch of our fellow-‘softers up-North, SISU MILSIM & ROB from FUBAR Airsoft and his guys included.
But, the fast-track-trickery DID have some ‘sunlight’ that was missed in the big run-up to this week’s continuing drama….in a hearing covered back on January 7th by WBZ-TV in Boston. And, we finally get to see and hear from the “proponents” of H-3476, including the bill’s sponsor…and Boston’s police commissioner BILL EVANS. You remember…the guys who told people to stay indoors/shelter in place after the Marathon Bombings as they “kept Bostonians safe” by forcible armed WARRANTLESS SEARCHES of private homes and businesses in the aftermath of the Marathon Bombings. Yea, do you trust them to protect your rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” in our current situation? This “JOURNALISTIC HIT PIECE” VIDEO…where we never actually hear from an opponent, BTW!…is infuriating!
SEE THE VIDEO AND READ THE WHOLE STORY AT THUMPY'S AIRSOFT NEWS AND COMMENT! CLICK THAT PIC!
UPDATE FROM BOSTON! Rob from FUBAR AIRSOFT and some of his guys are BOOTS ON THE GROUND to Storm The Statehouse...and we also heard from SISU MILSIM that she is going to be traveling down to Boston from New Hampshire to support the effort!
PLEASE PASS ON THIS POST and all of the links today and into the future. Even though this is a short-notice hasty defense, the fight is not over yet!
AIR STUPID UK: Shoot an ARMED COP IN THE FACE, get 3 months for the assault, 5 YEARS for the gun? - FACEBOOK
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THANKS to our buddy, the always awesome MATT FUREY-KING for passing this one along. There is DEFO something wrong when the officer and her command think this is an appropriate sentence…should have been much, MUCH more time in the ‘jolly old gaol’ for this AIR STUPID! – READ IT ALL>..CLICK THE PIC!
“….Saul Whitaker, of The Crescent, Andover, was sentenced to five years in prison for possession of an imitation firearm, 18 months for dangerous driving and three months for assault at Winchester Crown Court on March 20.
Mr Apter added: “I want to thank the judge for recognising that police officers deserved to be protected from those who wished them harm and I hope that every day Whittaker spends in jail he contemplates his actions….”
YOU DID IT! - Thumpy hits ONE MILLION VIEWS on Scoop.it News!
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We have been working hard to bring you this news! A whole 4 PLUS years of grinding and searching every week to get to the magic! ONE MILLION VIEWS!
Since January 2, 2012, as we made the transition to SCOOP.IT from our former WP.COM based news and information site (Still out there, BTW, for you ‘cats who want to see how we did it in the ‘old days…and want a deeper dive into near-history!)
The growth slowed somewhat with changes in how SCOOP.IT works behind-the-curtain, and also with our push to transition to the place most of you go for news every day, Thumpy’s newer WordPress website. All the links to our social channels go back there every day, but still the view-counts on the 3D News at SCOOP.IT help us get out the word in the way YOU ALL want to receive it. It seems like we should have already hit a million. And in truth, if you put all our views and links together, we are well into SEVERAL Million across all socials, like Instagram, Facebook and the FB Fan Page, Twitter, YouTube,Tumblr… But hitting this goal has been a grind and way tougher than doing it in other places. But, we are THERE!
Just think of THUMPY’S as that old signpost tacked to the tree out in the country. We’ll be here, pointing folks in the right direction and getting people to look at everything YOU GUYS do in the industry, with shops and fields, for manufacturers. And for teams and players doing AIR SMART things every day. It’s what we do.
Thank you for every view, comment, kick in the butt or atta’boy.
THE MORE I see from Massachusetts' Gun Owners Action League - GOAL - the more I like these folks! Nailing it on House Bill 3476 AND ALL 2nd Amendment Righta issues in the Commonwealth. Now, how'bout you Bean Town guys support the politicians who support you? D? I D-ON'T Think So... CLICK THE PIC to…
Thumpy Covey's insight:
THE MORE I see from Massachusetts’ Gun Owners Action League – GOAL – the more I like these folks! Nailing it on House Bill 3476 AND ALL 2nd Amendment Rights issues in the Commonwealth.
Now, how’bout you Bean Town guys support the politicians who support you? D? I D-ON’T Think So… CLICK THE PIC to read the OpEd and to get onboard with the guys who are on OUR SIDE!
LINK to Petitions against the bill are still active and YOU SHOULD SIGN at BOTH THIS LINK…and also OVER HERE!
Thumpy Covey's insight:
Massachusetts’ proposed House Bill 3476 was heard in the Statehouse in Boston Wednesday afternoon, and was referred back to the state’s House Judiciary Committee.
What that means in a nutshell is that the proposed Airsoft/BB-Pellet Gun/Paintball and Sports Shooting KILLER LAW is STILL ALIVE, but NOT YET in a position to be voted on and then sent to the Governor.
We are waiting to pass on any video from Rob G. of FUBAR Airsoft or SISU MILSIM, who were part of the pro-Airsoft contingent of players and business owners in the Statehouse all day, trying to both get the message to supportive House Members AND coordinate with other groups opposed to the measure, including GOAL – the Gun Owners Action League in Mass…LINK HERE!
There is one important date today that I can not make. But I will be there in spirit and ready to help where I can as backup-from-the-cybernet’. GO GET ‘EM MASSACHUSSETTS! STORM THE STATEHOUSE and Crush H-3476 TODAY!
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