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Originally Posted by TopherSPI
Most Excellent thread! I would even say Dead Thread, if the topic was not so vitally important to the survival of our sport.
I have one other topic to add to this:
Shooting At UnAcceptable Targets 
It seems like once a month I read a story on one of the many internet news sites about how a bunch of kids, or a couple of drunk frats, or just some random guy got arrested for shooting at a skunk, or some stray dogs down the street, or the new public library.
How can our sport expect to become (and stay) mainstream, or even legal for that matter, if stupid people insist on doing stupid things with their paintball markers.
It'll be a bunch of nubs like these who end up ruining the sport for the rest of us. |
Agreed. Most of the problems arise from the maturity (or lack of) of a lot of the players. My friends and I got a marker when we were young and dumb, and I look back at some of the things we did with it and shake my head. We did it all - shot gobstoppers, squirrel hunting, house painting, even as far as modding a freakin blowgun to the end of the barrel. Luckily no one got hurt and nothing got damaged. We were young and dumb. I'm new to the board I'm really impressed with the knowledge, seriousness, and maturity that most of the members display here. Great board and great thread!