Florida Banning Paintball
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Topic: Florida Banning Paintball
Posted By: The American
Subject: Florida Banning Paintball
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 2:54pm
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Ok, I saw this on PB Nation, and so I searched here but got nothing Anyways some guy on pbnation said that in Florida, they are trying to get paintball banned, I guess this all came from when some hoolagans were shooting up buildings. Some judge claims that anyone that plays paintball is most likely doing bad stuff. I guess a lot of people are pushing for the ban so it looks like it will probably go through. Any of you know anything about this or is it even true? ------------- 
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Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 2:56pm
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I really hope it isn't... All my friends live in florida...
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 2:58pm
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The judge is a moronic ignorant fool with that statement. You see people riding BMX bike all over places illegaly, but there isn't as big a fuss about it. ------------- |
Posted By: The American
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:04pm
...lol what do you live like right outside the boarder or something -------------
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Trogdor2 wrote:Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:25pm
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This is why I said before that we need to form a type of paintball N.R.A., to protect people's right to play paintball and stop paintball from being outlawed, just like what the N.R.A. does for people and firearms. -------------  Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Civilian Of
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:38pm
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Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:43pm
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Not true. I hope not at least, because I might be moving back to Boca in a few years...  ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> |
Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:44pm
Thats a bad attitude to have towards this, they can ban anything they wan't if nobody does anything to stop them. ------------- Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Civilian Of
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:48pm
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Posted By: NiQ-Toto
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:49pm
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They cant ban it, FL has too many fields and too much money invested in it. Too many people put out of business = bad for economy = bad. ------------- ///AMG What? |
Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 3:53pm
I didn't mean a bad attitude, that was a poor choice of words on my part, I meant that choosing not to do anything because you think paintball is untouchable is not a safe attitude to have towards this because there are already several towns in the u.s. that are considering outlawing paintball. And I'm sorry, I did not mean to offend you. ------------- Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Fatman Lash
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 4:25pm
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I live in Florida and there pushing it because 11 people were shot in the eye and lost vision when a group a people were riding around with high end markers and freezing there balls. I doubt it will go through for the following reasons:
1. The money as said before 2. The players, Florida is really big on paintball. 3. If it does go through, every baller in Florida is going to rally and get the ban removed. ------------- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/FatmanLash/Paintball/grassviewleft.jpg"> 
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Posted By: xteam02001
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 4:35pm
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that sucks...
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 4:39pm
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If it does I'll be really pissed. Living in Florida is bad enough. If they take away paintball, they take away my life. ------------- 
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Posted By: The_Sniper
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 5:13pm
I say if this goes through we all go to Florida and cause Chaos, then we take whatever state officials in the area hostage. Then we say we'll start killing hostages if they dont remove the ban. That or we just do it the "peaceful" way and protest.  ------------- My PB Stuff. Tippmann 98 Coustom M4 Stock M4 Style top sights Romote coiled hose G2K Richochet hopper 4-1 pod holder 3x 20 once tanks PMI Themeral mask JT Full Protection goggle system |
Posted By: E-98
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 5:13pm
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 5:17pm
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haha. no way it would happen, ecpessaly in florida were paintball is huge. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 5:48pm
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that suxs but i dont think it would happen , thank god i dont live in florida. ------------- 
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 6:26pm
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and a lot of people without jobs= higher enemployment= very bad |
Posted By: hashi2008
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 6:27pm
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There is no way that they could ban paintball and shut down all of those fields that are there. That would bankrupt so maby people it wouldn't be funny. ------------- Founder of the "Forumers Against the Ugly Woman Sigs" also known as FAUWS. |
Posted By: Ihaveanitch
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 6:30pm
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Florida is one of the best paintballin spots and has lots of fields, if they ban it everyone including me is goin to protest, cause you can't judge the whole sport and the people off of a handfull of dumbasses. ------------- 
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Posted By: crazy_dave
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 8:53pm
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i would get my ass in a car and drive all the way to florida from
South West minnesota and prostest , but since we all know it aint happenin i guess ill stay in m couch a slouchn like al bundy ------------- Real guns have gills. |
Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 8:59pm
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Don't think for a second its not possible that paintball can't be baned because its to big a bissiness, in the late 1800's cocaine was leagal, when they figured out that it was harmful they outlawed it, even though it was a huge bissiness. If they think that paintball is harmful and dangerous, then they will outlaw it too, we can't let them do that. ------------- Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Gotpaint92
Date Posted: 26 February 2005 at 9:02pm
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You guys paintball is so controversial, because of ignorant people like that judge. I predict that if Florida is considering banning paintball it will go to the supreme court ------------- Be care full! Sigs earn strikes |
Posted By: The_Sniper
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 4:40pm
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Posted By: slacker guy
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 4:48pm
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 5:37pm
| you heard on pbn... enough said. |
Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 5:49pm
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You know that really sucks because you know who it probaly was? A bunch of freaking **edited**ers running around witht heir gangs half high and half drunk. I live in FL and this is really dumb. Their are alot of major fields in FL. It's where the world cup is held at and thats a big attraction. What I personally support what should happen is making them hand out liscenes for the guns. That would make it to where you just can't go and buy a piantball gun for 30 bucs then do drivebys. If they made the liscenes like 50 bucks then I would bet any of yall that the rate of paintball attacks like that would drop instantly. ------------- TIPPMANN 98 CUSTOM 14" Progressive barrel 32* Black gel grips BT-16 Double trigger Pen Spring Mod X-core Expansion Chamber Vertical Adapter |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 6:01pm
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Does anyone think like me? I think if they do ban it, it is not going to be completely banned it will just be banned in yards and "outlaw". I think fields will be safe and it won't go out of business. Stores may go out of business because they won't have the people buying stuff to play in the backyard. By my thinking fields ill probably get more business. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Fatman Lash
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 6:47pm
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Heres whats most likly going to happen. They are going to review it. Its going to go to a high court, maybe the supreme court, who knows. It will be reviewed by looking at both views of the sport. The professional and the jackass view. Most likly because the sport is sooo big it wont happen. They will prolly do what 98 said and require a licsense to get one which requires a saftey course. Alot like a gun permit. Then they will require the permit be shown any time you purchase a paintball marker, air, or paint. Now, another reason I dont think it would happen is because Paintball is the fastest growing sport and is possibly goign up for consideration in the Olympics if some changes are made to the governing factors of the sport. So I highly doubt it will be ban. But it is possible and if it is ban Im moving ------------- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/FatmanLash/Paintball/grassviewleft.jpg">
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Posted By: St. Jimmy
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 6:59pm
| If they cant convert to the metric system then they can't ban paintball. |
Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 7:47pm
pbn =  I dont like that forum at all, those guys mesure your skill by how many pbs you can get and not by how many Eliminations you get. The only thing good off that site is the B/S/T Forum ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 7:52pm
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According to PBN, President John Kerry has banned paintball. ------------- 
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Posted By: tippmannboy2
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 8:29pm
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that would suck
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 8:43pm
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if that happend ther would be a riot i think where evry1 would come with loads of paint and unload on evry house and government official in sight ------------- 
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 8:49pm
Wow, you're a bright one(joking or not) Let's go shoot the government officials that aren't wearing masks because they banned paintball due to some idiots shooting people without masks. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Curlyman666
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 9:29pm
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if it gets to the supreme court there no way itll get banned,you think a supreme court justice wants to risk being accused of denying us our freedoms,hell no, he wants to keep his/her job ------------- signature |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 9:38pm
 I agree with the people who said they wont ban it. Its just too big of a business.
And to the person who was talking about crack being banned because it was unsafe, paintball isnt unsafe. The morons shooting people without masks are. ------------- A-5 E-Grip JCS Dual Trigger DOP X-CORE 8 stage x-chamber Lapco Bigshot 14" Beadblasted Optional setup: R/T Dead on Blade trigger |
Posted By: impulse
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 11:29pm
That's logical..... ------------- 6,600 posts. I need a lifE |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 27 February 2005 at 11:47pm
.... because we all know they can get fired so easliy. I mean, all it takes is for one person to get pissed off at the Supreme Court, and the President will fire them. No. Curly, if you did not know, once the Justices (judges on the Supreme Court) are appointed they are in there for life. |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 12:39am
That's what I was thinking. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 12:41am
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Thats what they get for not being about to figure out the butterfly ballet voting system.... ------------- 
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Posted By: Koolit32
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 12:48am
| They usually leave the supreme court for actual issues. |
Posted By: E-98
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 12:56am
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That safety permit idea.... I actually like it... Requiring people to take a safety course to get air or paint etc. Maybe you could remove the 18yrs rule on paint and stuff, and make it a safety permit rule. But then again, people like those that shot all those people without masks probably know the rules--just choose not to follow them. However, it would cut down on new players doing stupid stuff. But how would you regulate eBay and other online stores? Can't get a fill from them, though... ------------- http://www.angryflower.com/softwa.gif - http://www.angryflower.com/softwa.gif
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Posted By: JohnnyHopper
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 3:24am
Crack was banned because I drove through Florida shooting it out of my paintball gun. ------------- My shoes of peace have steel toes. |
Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 8:18am
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I can't believe that this is true. No mention of it anywhere, and there would be HELL in my town if someone got wind of this. We just had a huge article on paintball in the local newspaper too, and it didn't mention anything. In fact, it stressed the whole 'It's not violent' perspective.
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Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 9:42am
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I never said it was unsafe, I said that the government might consider it unsafe, read my entire post, I completely agree w/ you in the sense that the only way paintball is unsafe is when idiots go around shooting people without masks and we need to let the gov. know that, after all I am a paintballer and why whould I think it was unsafe. ------------- Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: Fatman Lash
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 2:11pm
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Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 5:44pm
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This would be really stupid if this really happened. ------------- TIPPMANN 98 CUSTOM 14" Progressive barrel 32* Black gel grips BT-16 Double trigger Pen Spring Mod X-core Expansion Chamber Vertical Adapter |
Posted By: 2k4kev
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 6:25pm
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I figured the first place to have paintball banned would be Canada. ------------- 
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Posted By: Atreyu
Date Posted: 28 February 2005 at 8:36pm
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**edited**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I live in florida American Government=**edited**!!! ------------- If you wanna serve up above or be a King down below with us your welcome the City where your future is set forever. |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 01 March 2005 at 9:05am
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Supreme Court Justices are in office for life. The only way the office will be vacated is if they die or resign. The president can not remove them. This allows them to make their rulings without being pressured into making a certain decision. That is why it is such a big deal when the pres. get to appoint justices. |
Posted By: Fatman Lash
Date Posted: 01 March 2005 at 10:14am
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incorrect. The president has the power to appoint and remove justices. ------------- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/FatmanLash/Paintball/grassviewleft.jpg">
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Posted By: pro-lite 121490
Date Posted: 02 March 2005 at 3:37pm
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ya i herd the're trying to make it illegal in the town next to mine some dumbasses shot up a car with marbels so there tryin to make paintball illegal there too or u have to have an fid
pfft... doesnt stop me and my friends from playing
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Posted By: pro-lite 121490
Date Posted: 02 March 2005 at 3:39pm
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