Paintball has been outlawed in some parts of
Australia. Gun law crackdown more than anything else.
I played it back before you needed a shooter's
licence to play. I'd hate to go into real combat with
the guys I was playing with. We all be canon fodder
and dead withing the hour!!! Gung-ho idiots!
--- Andrew Greene <blaze_at_netaxs.com> wrote:
> a paintball doesn't move all that fast, and being
> round, the velocity rapidly drops of to the point
> that you can catch 'em barehanded.
Or do like the matrix and dodge the shots! :-)
>Second of all, anyone who's not a complete idiot
>wears eye protection and a groin cup.
Eye protection was mandatory. Face mask and groin
protection optional. I was wearing overalls over jeans
and a jumper, so unless I got hit in the neck, it
didn't really hurt. I was using face mask and
goggles.
> where paintball has been banned, have banned mostly
> because of a phobia about anything resembling a gun,
>rather than any actual injuries that occured on real
>paintball fields.
After the Port Aurthur massacre (one man single
handedly killed over 20 people with just two rifles in
about 20 minutes) the governmnet suddenly decided we
don't really need guns in the community and cracked
down hard. Can't say I'm sorry about that, even
though I did used to shoot on occasions.
> > Intheresting war, But you can't kill someone in
> > paint ball. You can ownly gave them a very painful
> > mark.
SURE can!!!
> -Shad "Laser-Battle'S are MUCH better ^.^" Devil
8 hours of "Zone 3" lock in all night session can
REALLY wreck you. Going home as the sun is coming up
just doesn't do me any favours...
Scrapper, Black Dragon, who needs his 8+ hours sleep.
Jim'd find me a hassle "What, he's asleep again
already! It's only been two days!"
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games
http://sports.yahoo.com
Received on Mon Feb 18 2002 - 14:49:21 CST