Airsoft article in the sun newspaper today infuriated me!

anywhere to veiw this online?

A crappy rag of a paper produces another stupid article, nothing new there, I wouldn't worry about it.

The worst thing for me wasn't the scaremongering article to be honest. It was the clowns on the Irish Sun's FB page that annoyed me. There is six posts on their page regarding the article:

One can only be described as a rant. The next two are exact copies of said rant. The first level-headed one I had to write myself to make up for the three stooges. The next level-headed one is better again and then finally we have one of the three stooges making a jibe about slow news days. :rolleyes:

Good intentions from the three stooges but for feck's sake if nothing else they're reinforcing the "gun nut" label we received in the article.

Alroth wrote: »

Would this helmet be for all these lethal flying magazines I've heard about

Personally, I want a helmet for when Concerned Mothers Against Everything find the article.

so this helmet, You see, ordinary shops sell what look like ABS helmets, but if you look closely, you'll see that they're very, very, very, very, very, very, very dense ordinary plastic helmets.
They might not stop the impact from the Mrs throwing a tm hicappa mag at your head :-)

~B

J.D.R wrote: »

Might be a good idea to give a heads up to the IAA (if someone hasn't already) as these articles are usually closely followed with segments in radio programs such as Joe Duffy and the Colm Hayes show, filled with people who are only thinking of the children

The IAA knew about it from yesterday morning.

spooky donkey wrote: »

Potentially fatal...... Screw drivers, Hammers and basically anything sold in a hard ware shop.
Cars, cliffs, alcohol, fatty food, cigerattes....

Lets make a list of potentially fatal things that are legal and send it to them...
The ol nanny state mentality, make every thing illegal.....

Argument in the household thismorning about how all it takes is one irisponsable nut job to screw everything up........

I made a reference to iresponceable driving which leads to more injuries and death on a weekly basis

The question was then raised: "What happens if some stupid kid gets their hands on a Rif and run down the street taking peoples eyes out and giving ould wans heart attacks?"

To which I answered:"What's to stop the same reyard from getting in a car and tearing off down the footpath of the same street KILLING people?"

That was answered with if the cars locked as it should be when your(the owner of sed vehicle) not using it and there is rules to prevent idiots just walking into any oul dealer and picking up a car.

Same aplys to rif's when your not using them (in an appropriate fashion/ venue) you lock em away in a safe place and there are rules to prevent stupid kids buying a Rif and walking out onto the street and scaring the sh*te out of people.

That was met by a grunt of disapproval

The Sun's a newspaper? Since when?

Old Russian joke: There's no news in Izvestia and no truth in Pravda

Any cheeky site want to send Mr. Moran some day passes so we can shoot the little fecker for a good six hours?

Any link to the Article? I've only seen a snapshot via Tigerland Airsofts facebook group which was the image below.



I would love to read it so I can send an informed e-mail to Mr. Moran myself, because I'm not doing anything whilst I'm ill-informed.

actually RIF is the legal definition and what actually makes us safe (as far as we can be safe)

but yes we're just strange people run around a field in camo and carrying replicas of firearms

I read that article myself (a left behind copy of The Sun on the Luas - I swear!) and I'm amazed at just how many senationalist, drama queenish, over the top 'oh please think of the children' angles they managed to come up with on one page.

Everything from kids using them to 'reenact violent videogames' (they're cheaper than a console, OMG!), to a misinterpreted quote from the retailer (he says they're 'deadly', but I'm pretty sure he meant it as in 'deadly buzz!!!' rather than 'deadly causing death') possibly fatalities from use, criminal scares, retailers sourcing their gear from 'dodgy sources' (the writer of the article asked where they came from and got told something along the lines of 'don't ask questions you don't want to know the answer to LOL')

I usually don't let articles like that annoy me, but I seriously wanted to wipe my arse with the paper after reading that. Then I decided not to as I didn't want to end up with any of that **** printed on my backside.

MagicIRL wrote: »

Any link to the Article? I've only seen a snapshot via Tigerland Airsofts facebook group which was the image below.



I would love to read it so I can send an informed e-mail to Mr. Moran myself, because I'm not doing anything whilst I'm ill-informed.

Someone should have told him he can't handle those with loaded mags without face protection or that it's illegal to point an Airsoft replica in a threatening manner. Also I'm sure he was truthful when he told the shop owner what he was actually reporting on, otherwise the owner would have chucked him out. :pac:

here ya go


n article in Tuesday's Irish Sun on the sale of replica guns has sparked a lot of debate. Before publication we approached Airsoft Ireland and Main Irish Airsoft for comment but they had no spokespeople available. Our piece was intended to show how easy it is to get your hands on authentic looking weapons. We in no way intended to attack the sport, we know there are thousands of people who enjoy using Airsoft guns responsibly. We welcome all your comments and appreciate your views. I'm sure you will all agree that the unregulated selling of these guns on market stalls should be discussed. - Kieran McDaid, Head of News, Irish Sun.

spooky donkey wrote: »

Potentially fatal...... Screw drivers, Hammers and basically anything sold in a hard ware shop.
Cars, cliffs, alcohol, fatty food, cigerattes....

Lets make a list of potentially fatal things that are legal and send it to them...
The ol nanny state mentality, make every thing illegal.....

Heading out for some airsoft action this Sunday, I wonder how many fatalities should I expect????

you forgot to mention the biggest one. STUPIDITY.

Well I for one welcome the response and I have to say there is a lot of unnecessary venom in a lot of comments

Look they had an objective and rogue reporter took it upon himself to throw in a personal vendetta

Any publicity is good publicity!

There no knee jerk ban coming from an article in a rag like that, it was a page filler for a slow news day, they've done the same thing several times.

Sad fact is when ****e like this go's out sales and foot traffic to sites go's up.

I'm not worried,

Thanks for the free advert

fayer wrote: »

Any publicity is good publicity!

There no knee jerk ban coming from an article in a rag like that, it was a page filler for a slow news day, they've done the same thing several times.

Sad fact is when ****e like this go's out sales and foot traffic to sites go's up.

I'm not worried,

Thanks for the free advert

I'm sure you can all recal the debacle with one of the rags few years back.

A young lady came into the store with her mother looking to purchase a pistol for her recently retired father who she said served in the military.

She got cracking customer service, went through the checks we had at the time and was given the do's don't and full safety lark.

Turned out she was a reporter who took pictures of herself holding it in the carpark. (conveniantly never menitoning the professional service she got :P )

Shop went mental busy for a few weeks after


Rags are rags, and they sensationalise it like its actually a problem.

I stopped reading papers along time ago resorting to only the Sunday Broadsheets, and even going by the aboslute bollox opinions of so called "Football Exports" like Dion Fanning, I've stopped buying them too.

Papers are a media of the past, they are seen now for what they are, wiping your arse when you run out of jax roll

ASI Casper wrote: »

I got wind of the article earlier in the week, but hadn't actually read it until now.
Now that I'm catching up with it, I've only just heard mention of Airsoft Ireland in the 'fallout' from the article on The Suns FB page.
As the owner of Airsoft Ireland, they certainly did not contact me. If they had, I'd have been only to happy to speak to them.
I've replied on their FB page though and put them right on the matter.
TBH, I think they got their wires crossed and meant the IAA, not ASI. :rolleyes:

Still, nothing like some free advertising from a national tabloid!

To the best of my knowledge, they didnt contact the IAA either

Thru 'Attempted' to contact :rolleyes: