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kizzerd
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Posted: 28 January 2005 at 3:07am |
This should be the new tactic of "WE" the Paintball Player! Has anyone read articles in mags concerning paintball violence. If we don't form an alliance to help stop paintball violence, the marker is going to be treated just like a handgun! I never thought this would happen, but it has, back in 98 this was unheard of, anyone agree?
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StoneHurler
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I completely agree, in fact I almost think you should sign a contract before you can get a paintball gun, but that I know would be troublesome for most players out there. I still feel that we need to stop these guys... there making a bad rep for the paintball world. Kill em all, let god sort em' out. |
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Don't double post.
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WHOEVER *reb* IS WHY WOULD YOU THINK I HAVE AN OVERSIZED SIG!?!?!! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!THIS FORUM HAS THE WORST MODS EVER!!!!!!!!!
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The Guy
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Bounty
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You will get the same responses here as in the first one, dont double post.
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sinisterNorth
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Double post = double trouble... Anyways, I think that when you buy a paintball gun, you should gain a sense of respect for it and use common sense. |
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AdmiralSenn
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More like we'll do nothing except make sure the media that reports violence also notes that the idiots who abuse the privilege are the extreme minority. Most of the people who do these kinds of attacks are idiots who went to Wally World, saw that $100 would buy them tons of neat crap, then proceeded to get drunk and shoot their neighbors. Wal-Mart should not sell these things.. I know they bring younger kids into the sport, blah blah.. but they're the most readily available source for cheap drive-by vandalism out there. So rather than form a coalition or alliance against people who'd never even hear of it, we need to focus on making paintball more positive in the public eye and on restricting easy sales of cheap guns to people. And no, I have no idea how to go about the second part without annoying large numbers of people. That's why this is the ideas forum. |
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santy
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Isn't this the kinda thing we're trying to stop? Paintball associated with extreme violence |
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Bounty
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Oh santy showed you.
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Paint_man
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that he did
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evil_fingers
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Its not jus kids going around committing acts of vanadalisms wit a marker, even adults have gone around commiting robberies by using a marker and especially the idiot that decided to use a marker on a "off duty police officer", its a never ending problem that has no solution.
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lester98c
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the town i live has alot of kids the p/b markers and we have never doneanything violent with them.but still some drunk guys got a few froze some balls and went down the street shooting windows and cars.now my town has an ordinence against them.but we still have ares and dont walk around showing them off.this shows how a few idiots can ruin it for everyone
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TruePaintballer
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I have seen this like 5 times...send the message out there, if it dont stay drop it or put it in your sig. But anyways I agree we need to just keep the game safe and hope dinks dont ruin by doing drive bys and what not, |
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I quit car hunting with paintball guns ages ago.
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ncbbh88
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man finally someone brings it up it has to be stoped my town has alot of players and noone ever has vandalized ne thing but same story here some idiot is shooting signs and stuff so the cops will only let us play in private property or town property (which are full of quaders and dirtbikers) they dont realize its a sport and that were athlets mabe its time local fields are roped off to let us play our sport and not be bothered?
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Flurry
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The idiots who go and shoot cars, ect. are people who have little or no respect for thier community or the sport. But the fact that the media titles us "the players" as a bunch of vandals isn't helping out image at all. When ever there is someone hurt or something damaged by a Marker, the whole sport and the players take the heat. Where as if someone gets beaten down with a base ball bat, you won't see baseball getting banned from town. We are rinning with a new sport here, thats why people don't really see it as a sport. Like real guns, if someone wants to do something stuped, they're going to do it wether they sign a piece of paper or not. About the best thing that can be done is to tell people about the sport, and try to get alittle more positive media. we're better off if we can keep our sport away from all the paper work and the legal matters. well, those are my thoughts. |
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Knight of Fire
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There are are couple of good articles on this subject in the march 2005 issue of APG magizine. They show the seriousness of this issue.
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evil_fingers
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Copied and pasted from APG Ezine FOUR teenagers in Port St. Lucie, Florida, were arrested on many |
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MT. Vigilante
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I agree, I think that we should form some kind of Alliance of respondible players, like a paintball version of the N.R.A., who whould make sure people know that the markers are safe as long as they are used apropraitly and that its not the markers that comit these crimes but the idiots who pull the trigger, and also this group could do everything possible to make sure that Paintball Markers are not outlawed, Just like the N.R.A. does for firearms.
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evil_fingers
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If the Paintballing Industry were to form an organization like the NRA, we would all have to register our markers as "real firearms" and thats something that the Paintballing Community dont want to happen and that would also give a good reason to the Moms and Dads out there for not letting their sons and daughters in purchasing/using a paintball marker and there would also be an age requirement and a fee to be qualified to get one.... |
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