{"id":492478,"date":"2026-02-22T18:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492478\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T18:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:12:13","slug":"rcmp-issue-warning-regarding-airsoft-gun-social-media-challenge-east-of-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492478\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP issue warning regarding Airsoft gun social media challenge east of Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta RCMP are issuing a warning to the public after receiving numerous calls over the last week regarding youth shooting Airsoft guns at eachother.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the youth are partaking in a social media challenge that has been appearing across Canada over the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>While an investigation is ongoing, Mounties note that Airsoft guns are regulated like firearms and that firing them in public is both illegal and can cause significant life-altering harm.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has any information regarding the Airsoft incidents, they are asked to contact RCMP at 780-997-7900 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alberta RCMP are issuing a warning to the public after receiving numerous calls over the last week regarding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-492478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}