Airsoft to be discussed on Newstalk 106-108 on Wed 10pm-12midnight -- EMAIL THEM!!!

Hey folks,

if you've read this thread you'll see that a scaremongering article in a Carlow newspaper has caused a bit of a stir with relation to airsoft, causing it to be discussed briefly on Declan Carty's show on Newstalk.

Most of us missed the show tonight except I caught last part and sent in a quick email to try and present the argument from airsoft's participants' point of view. It wasn't read out tonight, but at the end of the show Deco said he'd read it out tomorrow night.

Hopefully he'll follow through on that, and there'll be more of a discussion of the subject, and if this is the case, then this is the perfect opportunity for us to try and highjack the scaremongering story and put our own perspective on it.

For those who are interested basically I think as many of ye as possible should email, text, or ring the show and try and make the following points (and your own)...
-The sport should be regulated, and we are trying to get that done
-It is a SPORT which is legitimate and widespread in Europe and America
-It is very similar to paintball
-All appropriate safety precautions are taken, eg. face masks, dont point at anyone's face.....

We want to steer clear of words and images that are likely to make people think we're a bunch of psychos, so in my email I purposely used the word 'equipment' rather than 'guns' as much as possible. Maybe do similar!

If they get enough of a response they're more likely to spend alot of time on it, so as many people as possible should contact the show by email from tomorrow onwards, at latenight@newstalk.ie .
If ye want to ring during the show the number is 01 775 6512, and if you want to text, the number is 53106.
http://www.newstalk.ie/late-night.htm

Come on lads let's not let this opportunity go to waste!

If nonex is interested then I think this would be a good time to publicise HRTA by maybe ringing in about it. I'd say publicise the IAA, except we haven't got anything done with that yet, so maybe don't bring that into it except to say that we're in the process of establishing a governing body for the sport to make it as safe and enjoyable as possible.

Thanks lads!