Paintball Being Shut Down For Sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bad-karma]

i just heard from the old lady reno.......j/k everybody(scared everybody,lol) but what if this did happen, and they announced it on tv. i can see it now"paintball the warfare reproduction game, being shut down today" then they just sweep it to the side of the news broadcast:tdown:

and the poop parts logo down below that i found in my pictures:tdown:

[Budha]

The funny thing is, it wont happen. We live in America and that wont happen. Now if skateboarding isnt banned, just to skateparks, whats so different about paintball? As long as we have paintball parks to play paintball in its fine. Now outlaw on the other hand..... that can be a problem if its not your property. Paintball is too big to be shut down. We will get harrassed constantly like skateboarders but still nothing can happen. You are all taking this too seriously and need to stop readign those stupid on the shoulders of giants articles in APG. I know everyone loves to defend our sport, I love paintball more than life but I know everythings fine.

[bad-karma]

well first, i don't like apg, second i kinda agree with you about we are to big to shut down. and third, i was way to tired to write this.:D

[Syncade]

APG SUCKS


its PURE newbie crap, its gone way down hill.....

[bad-karma]

i agree totally.....and they focus on woods play:tdown:

[BackSplatAttack]

where can i find the sight of one of these better magazines

[bad-karma]

www.p8ntballer.com .............cover of a pgi:eek:Lisa Harvey:D

[Punk-Sk8er]

umm...i dont think u can love paintball more than life, but i know what ure talking about, and paintball will never be shutdown

[Punk-Sk8er]

actually i was just thinking and wanted to know if anyone here knows any sports that have been shutdown, not ones that dies becuase they were dumb, i dont think any sport has been shutdown

[bad-karma]

yea there was this sport called spene knock. and it was where you hurl a 5 pound marble ball through a hoop like 10 feet away and if it got in through the hoop it would hit this guy on the other side of the hoop. and it went back and forth until some one died or gave up

[BackSplatAttack]

professional deuling didnt last that long either did it?

[oldyellr7]

whoa! not cool.. had me going there. (Remind me to get that issue of PGI!)

[Rogue Spear]

I don't see why people have to advocate against paintball . I have been trying to start my own field for the past couple years and have people standing in my way because they say that its a sport that promotes war. People shooting others and other crap like that. My argument is what do they think about football? It does the same. You have 2 teams staged on a line trying to advance the ball to the other side. Isn't that a war between the 2 teams? Although they are not shooting each other they are running to tackle and take pride in how hard they hit someone. So how can they shut down paintball when it is pretty much like any othe sport that we watch or play?

[Impulse99]

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Both Great Magazine, Although Action Pursuit Games has a few good articals every now and then.

[Punk-Sk8er]

yea, paintball isnt really like war, next there gonna be saying dodgeball is dangerous because 2 teams are throwing balls at eachother trying to eliminate 1 team, i mean what were doing is the same except were using paintball guns, its a sport and its fun dont listen to what other people think

[Ganesh]

goddamn bad karma, lisa harvey is the hottest girl in this sport.

[Rogue Spear]

Sk8ter... a lot of schools have already banned the playing of dodge ball in school for that reason. It amazes me how many people were p*$$Æd ôff when they cancelled allthe football games the weekend after the WTC tragedy for one week! It isn't any different of a sport than paintball. So why complain when football or baseball is cancelled. Ban football? NO!! we can't ban americas favorite past time. Most of the people against paintball probably never even played it. Ok time for me to retire the soap box.:tdown:

[Impulse99]

Originally posted by Ganesh
goddamn bad karma, lisa harvey is the hottest girl in this sport.


Aggreed.

[samvalentine]

actually paintball could be outlawed. apg did a article on it and it was one of the good ones.
you see paintball involves the use of guns and many people in power want the populace disarmed. all guns. it is quite possible after a incident, like what happened in new york that laws are passed to "protect the public". suppose it was discovered part of the terrorists training included war games. that is very possible. with the media fueling the fire it could happen. it has happened. just not in the u.s. and to say it can't because paintball is too big is sheer ignorance. how many gun owners do you think there are? there treated like second class citizens. hell there treated like criminals. look at world histery. this isnt new.

[Rogue Spear]

Ok first off a paintball gun as most people like to call them (however is wrong) is not the true classification. The true classification by the Federal Government is called a paint marking device or easier put a paintball (or paint) marker. They are not even classified as a firearm. These were originally developed for the armed forces for combat training instead of using live ammo (imagine how peoples mothers would feel getting a call from their childs CO telling them that their son/daughter was killed in training while they were using live ammunition.) :eek: This is what the original purpose of these were for. Then someone got the bright idea to make a market out of them and sell them to the public.:cool: This idea took off like wild-fire and soon the sport developed. :evilgrin: So for someone to sanction or outlaw one sport they should re-evaluate what other sports could promote the same concepts. Heck pretty soon our kids won't even be able to play cops and robbers or cowboys and indians in the back yard without getting fined or something.:rolleyes:

[bad-karma]

actually they started out marking trees and cows with them and then the military picked it up.

[Budha]

Ok, samvalentine.... APG is a bunch of idiots. They remind me of Jesse Jackson. APG says "oh my oh my, paintball will be banned" Its impossible. Clearly impossible. Read all the above posts and you will see. APG is just...newbie oriented stupidity that brainwashes poeple.

Rogue Speare: You need to just never post again so you dont give some poor kid the wrong idea. You are a plum idiot. I cannot believe you just posted that. Paintball was originally for military...? HAHAHAH. Why dont you just ask anyone who actually knows something about paintball and see that it was some guys using cattle and tree marking pistols called NelSpots. Before you post, please actually know wtf your talking about.

[wilddredcherry]

... and how is the game of chess... not like war? Next thing ya know they will have to ban pocket protectors.:evilgrin:

[Rogue Spear]

Hey I happen to like playing chess. As far as banning pocket protectors it won't happen cause its the corporate geeks that wear them that are trying to ban paintball. And as far as your reply to me Budah I'll pretend that I didnt read that. So why don't you crawl back into your little corner before I shoot your ***

[wilddredcherry]

Just kidding Rogue... It would be a pleasure to get you in check;)

[Rogue Spear]

Hey Wildcherry can we say checkmate in 5 :evilgrin: Just kidding :cool:

[Ri0T]

sam.. in order for firearms to be banned, there would have to be an amendment to the Bill of Rights. I *SERIOUSLY* doubt that's ever going to happen. Even though there aren't many gun owners... there are alot of people who would be outraged if such an amendment was made, and I doubt the people would stand for it.
As for the possibility of paintball being banned, first off, stop reading APG. It's mindless drivel. Think about what they would have to do to get a ban on paintball. They'd either have to classify them as firearms, which is extremely unlikely. Or they'd have to show that it is completely unsafe, which isn't true at all.
Or, maybe they'd have to show that it contributes to the delinquicy of minors. That, too, would be near impossible to prove.
People worry to much when something like the WTC attack happens. Yes, we need to be cautious, but it's not the end of the world. The percentage of flights that reach their destinations safely is still enormous. The world is not coming to an end either. We just need to do 2 things: 1. Correct the problems that allow for the breach of security; 2. Get on with our lives.

[Alex28t]

I thought paintball markers were originally designed by the parks and rec department of the govt to mark trees which were to be either left untouched or taken down in national parks, forests, etc. thats the story I heard anyway.

[Purdue00]

yes you are correct in saying that paintball is most likely too big to be shutdown. shutdown quickly that is. this isn't like PeTA's fight against fishing, it is a little harder to distinguish the bad in that. unfortunately paintball includes people shooting guns at each other in the public eye. i know that you are going to argue that paintball markers are not "guns" but that is to you and me... to the uneducated citizen blinded by ignorance, they are guns no matter how you look at it. it isn't going to take long for other towns and cities to follow in the footsteps of the ones that have placed bans on paintball markers. the only point that i am trying to get across here is that you shouldn't be too quick to drop your guard. if you hear someone denouncing paintball, take the time to explain it to them in a positive manner, we are going to have to protect what we believe in so we might as well start now. remember: the group of people with the most bargaining power in the world are groups of stupid people...

[AngelandCockerkid]

Paintball will never be banned because, alot more people play or have played then you may think, the sport is totaly safe and its a huge taxable industry (the govt makes a ton of cash off of it). If they tried to ban the sport they would have to do it slowly and start an orginization that point out the bad areas of the sport. After all the sport has less injuries then badmitton last year.

And for you people that dont know the origins of paintball for some reason, It was Started by Bob Gurnsey and a few of his friends it was called the Survival Game, in which they used cattle markers (bassicly a primitive paintball marker) they all started from different parts of the field (which was huge) and tried to collect a number of flags... It was about 4 years after the 1st survival game that the military picked up the idea in order to train.. and now they hardly ever use then (they use a hightech lazer challenge)

Thanks for putting up with my input
~RoB~

[Sean_at_KAPP]

MMMnnnnn... Lisa Harvey. Have you seen the 8.5"x11" print of in the water? Wet see thru shirt... And the nipples were not photoshopped out... Anyways. Paintball can get a lot of bad press. Back in the day green peace advocates were on us about expelling co2 into the air. What would happen if they found out paintball has millions of people playing every year. each discharging a pound of co2 each that they think is helping cause the green hopuse effect (which I think is crap anyways). Things could get interesting. Or what would happen if multiple co2 tanks blew injuring many. What happened to the safety?? If many bad things happened, then the government would have to step in to regulate paintball. That would be bad. So, do what you can to insure your safety and everyone around you. Use barrel Plus, Masks, And Chronys... Paintball will never go away, but the government can make our life hell...

[BunkerThis]

Originally posted by samvalentine
you see paintball involves the use of guns

no not at all. Paintball guns are not truely "guns" b/c they do not use explosives as a power source...

[BunkerThis]

Originally posted by bad-karma
actually they started out marking trees and cows with them and then the military picked it up.

actually, we picked it up from the cattle markers, then the military picked it up from us.

[Sean_at_KAPP]

I cannot belive i am replying to this. YES, paintball guns are guns. This is one of the description from dictionary.com

A device resembling a firearm or cannon, as in its ability to project something, such as grease, under pressure or at great speed

Having to do with explosive discharge would be a firearm. Paintball guns are not Firearms. The industry tries to use marker instead to make it politically correct. Also, so that you mom does not freak out when she hears that you shoot guns at people for fun. Paintball Guns would never be a large problem as to why paintball would go bye bye. As far as the gun itself anyways. I also heard, from the source, that a dog ate paintballs and almost died. They did a toxicology report on the dog and found out that the paintballs had anti-freeze as one of the ingredients. If the Enivornmentalists found out, that would be a disaster. I would hope that the paintball manufacturer in question does not do this anymore for the hope of paintball as a whole. Like I said earlier, if the industry does not regulate itself, then the government will step in. But the indystry will never get togther. Just look at all the whiners in the boards. Need I saw more....

[Paintball Authority]

Markers were not started by the army for training like was said inan earlier post they werent used by the army untill recent years. Markers came from farms where they were used to "mark" cattle. Story has it that one guy shot anothere playing around and they got the bright idea to do this in the woods and play a "war scenario" game.But by no means did the army begin our sport. Also markers full into the same catagory as Air rifles and BB guns so yes they can be banned or limited to restrected use.

[Syncade]

im not even going to read any of these posts

this thread is like 4 months old, paintball isnt going to be shut down, and it never will


bottom line

[keRmiT]

It would go underground and people would still play
paint would be like 800 bucks a case.:P

[wilddredcherry]

http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=431

http://www.adn.com/adn/video/shoot.ram

This is what you don't want to do...if you love to play paintball...Kids don't ever try this at home!

[at the 50]

just wondering, where do you guys get your statistics....such as last year badmitten had more injuries then paintball...i want to know incase i haveto defend paintball when some ignorant fool starts bad mouthing it...

[Rhockey44]

Actually what most people dont know is that there has been legislation for airguns. And there are actual laws regarding paintball.

First, in most states, im pretty sure all, Paintball guns are not 'firearms' because they are incapable of successfully firing a paintball at a velocity concurrant to that of an actual gun. Should you alter your gun to do so, yeah that is breaking the law.
But as of now our right to OWN paintball guns are secure.

Also, in most states, at least i know in New york, you are allowed to Play paintball in an appropriate, insured facility, only in the presence of Referees/representatives of that field. If you shoot someone that is not wearing equipment on purpose, or shoot someone outside of a paintball field, It could be prosecuted as assault.

That is why i have always said and will stick to it, that the worst thing for paintball, is Outlaw/renegade paintball. Because nobody makes a story in the news

"millions have fun in paintball!"
they write
"Boy, 15 dies while playing war games in back yard"

Keep that in mind folks.
Thats all, im climbing down my soap box.

Keep it safe, Keep it fun, keep it legal, play at a real field.

[Team Hepatitis guy]

some guy said that im not sure who it was:

Heck pretty soon our kids won't even be able to play cops and robbers or cowboys and indians in the back yard without getting fined or something.

Actually a little kid I think he is 8 is being sued for pointing a toy gun at two of his friends. The lawyers argument is that he had the intention of scaring the kids.

Everybody wants easy money even if it means suing an 8 year old parents for pointing a toy gun at their children.