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**Stratoart** · July 14th, 12:16 PM

Where i live is like suburban rural with basically a ****load of woods in certain areas, but all those woods are always called parks. I was just curious if anyone here has played paintball in similar woods and whether they ever got in trouble? Is it illegal anyway?

***MedicDVG*** · July 14th, 12:19 PM

Call the police department in your area and ask. That is the best way to find out what the ordinances and laws are in your area.

Alpha · July 14th, 12:37 PM

Where you live? In quincy, its illeagal, or so my parents say. I shoud really clal the police and hear it for myself sometime. Best thing you can do is check with the 5-0.

**WoodballeR** · July 14th, 01:01 PM

the park is right up the street from me n we play there all the time...we have been caught once n the cop said just to stay off the main trails n be cautious for people.....i guess it all depends if u get caught n if u do u better hope the cop is in a good mood

Lord Headley · July 14th, 01:15 PM

Public parks are illegal. Best to find a friend that has good amount of woods and get him interested. You're fine as long as you’re on privately owned land, and the owner allows you to play.

- Brian

**Scientistblank** · July 14th, 01:46 PM

It depens on the city and if you are going to call the 5-0 get your parent to call also sometime you get different answers.

**bmxfreak927** · July 14th, 01:47 PM

hey alpha its not illegal to play at the quarries depending on which one you go to.ill challenge one of these days when i get the rest of my stuff together.

**DYNASTYfan07** · July 14th, 02:37 PM

well it is illegel to shot a "firearm" with in city limits (bb guns count too) but it was disscussed if a paintball marker is REALLY a gun or not?

so you figure it out, best bet is to contact the police in your area

**cb_neosythe** · July 14th, 03:00 PM

guy said this before, it's really your best bet to find some private land, that you can play on.

***D_Smalls*** · July 14th, 03:16 PM

the areas wouldnt be zoned for it.. so ya, illegal.. at least thats the way it is around here.. no one cares thouhg.. as long as we clean up

**Zonk0u** · July 16th, 01:19 AM

It's only Illegal if you get caught

besides even if you do, and the police come, the worst they're gonna do is tell you to go away. As long as you havn't destroyed any property or shot any pedestrians, the cops know kids are just being kids.

**Pr0ph3t** · July 16th, 01:27 AM

We called the popo, and they were fine with us when we played woods. So I say call up the 5-0 and you'll be fine.

**Fastecho419** · July 16th, 11:04 AM

We asked our local field if it was ok to play games on our own land when we had extra paint. They said it was fine, the only rules against it in our area are you can't ride with your marker connected to a c02 tank.

**Ryan_Page** · July 16th, 11:18 AM

we play anywhere, as i say "if you dont get caught, did you really do it?"

***MedicDVG*** · July 16th, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Zonk0u

It's only Illegal if you get caught

besides even if you do, and the police come, the worst they're gonna do is tell you to go away. As long as you havn't destroyed any property or shot any pedestrians, the cops know kids are just being kids.

the police can confiscate your marker and write you a disorderly conduct ticket. If they rally want to get nasty about it they can nail you for littering for each and every paintball you leave behind.
No to mention tresspassing, causing damage, vandalism, and a whole host of other nasty little misdemanor charges.

All of which will lead to fines and community service time as well as the possibilty that you loose your markers.

Its better off just to call and find out. You may find out that they are actually cool about it.

**Parkomas** · July 16th, 01:28 PM

I was told by the local paint-ball pro shop that

A> The paint mess can be considered vandalism, and
B> if you hit someone who isn't playing, it can be considered assault.

Other than that, you're ok.

Jared101 · July 16th, 02:27 PM

well,me and my friends play in the woods behind his house.if you walk to the far far end,theres like a big swamp,and across that is the soccer field for the park.

so we just stay in his woods,since we were little we played back there,and never saw anyone else back there.

the worst thing that happened when we were next to his back fence some lady came over and asked if you could stop yelling bad words so loud

**Zonk0u** · July 16th, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MedicDVG

the police can confiscate your marker and write you a disorderly conduct ticket. If they rally want to get nasty about it they can nail you for littering for each and every paintball you leave behind.
No to mention tresspassing, causing damage, vandalism, and a whole host of other nasty little misdemanor charges.

All of which will lead to fines and community service time as well as the possibilty that you loose your markers.

Its better off just to call and find out. You may find out that they are actually cool about it.

like I said before, this is all possible, but most likely the cops arent going to go through and make all those charges (and I doubt you can get pinned for tresspassing on public property). The only time a cop is going to do this is if he's pissed off. If you're respectful and play the innocent and dumb card, 99 out of 100 times they're gonna let you off the hook. As long as you dont give them any lip, or give them a reason to be upset (like say shooting a pedestrian) None of this is going to happen. Stop smoking so much pot, you're paranoid.

**PaintBallBob** · July 17th, 03:45 AM

i would assume its illegal.
so unless you wanna risk your gun and a ride home in luxury...

Lord Headley · July 17th, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zonk0u

like I said before, this is all possible, but most likely the cops arent going to go through and make all those charges (and I doubt you can get pinned for tresspassing on public property). The only time a cop is going to do this is if he's pissed off. If you're respectful and play the innocent and dumb card, 99 out of 100 times they're gonna let you off the hook. As long as you dont give them any lip, or give them a reason to be upset (like say shooting a pedestrian) None of this is going to happen. Stop smoking so much pot, you're paranoid.

Wrong my friend.

First off, cops are coming down very hard on outlaw ball