Airsoft Obsessed: Police Training With Airsoft

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Dave Baks of Airsoft Obsessed has some footage of young people in the Police Explorers program doing some training with airsoft in an active shooter scenario. We suggest you share this video to any law enforcement official that you know of... "A brief look at some law enforcement training we were able to help out with. Shows how airsoft can be a meaningful training tool."

AEX At Regional Police Training Exercise

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Airsoft Extreme has photos of the recent training of police forces in California... "Airsoft Extreme provided airsoft equipment support at several multi-law enforcement agency training sessions on active shooter/mass attack scenarios in California. Instruction was provided by former Tier 1 operators and subject matter experts. Photos by Mickey Martin."

Hong Kong Man With Airsoft Gun Arrested

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If we have read about civilians threatening other people with airsoft guns, here's one from Hong Kong  as reported by Public Enemy. A man was arrested for threatening workers who were renovating a separate unit on the 10th Floor Taikoo Shing Ning Court in Quarry Bay. The man was annoyed by the noise being made by the workers doing renovation as they were tearing down the walls. This made him barge through the door with an MP5 airsoft gun scaring them to stop the noise.

Federal Way police push for look-alike weapon sanctions

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More news on attempts to control airsoft guns, especially when they are used like real weapons to scare people or commit crimes. The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington State, reports an incident in which a Federal Way officer confronted with a man pointing a gun at him and not knowing that it was an airsoft gun. He fired at the gunman twice, missed, but managed to arrest the man, only to find out it's a bb handgun the man was carrying.

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