IMPORTANT!: proposal to BAN Paintball sales to minors in NJ

[Ov3rmind]

Personally, I'd be cool with the no outlaw ball. Although I wonder, could parents buy paintball guns for their kids (and the kids would pay them back)? It doesn't say kids aren't allowed to play, just that they can't buy paintball guns.

[wobbles82]

Ok first and foremost on this topic...I am just glad that the owner of OTS said that, it made an incredible amount of sense. Although, paintball being a young sport though has to break in squeaky clean. I myself once shot an abandoned building (yes it was abandoned completely) with nobody around to hurt or anything and was arrested because I was "a juvenile deliquent" who was trying to harm people. When the police contacted the former owner of the building he said he didnt care, so I was allowed to leave. I really feel stupid for doing it, it was only a few shots to make sure the oil was running right, but I felt like I let myself down. Ever since then things like this just make me really mad, I mean why cant people realize whats what in the world? Is Kevin Smith the one who might lose his eye? He is from North Jersey himself and it would really suck to have that happen, because thats less support for the paintball world. Paintball is getting too popular to miss the media, so everything people do will be noticed. Why dont we stop selling eggs to minors? Dont they actually STAIN things if used improperly? And as for the bats why dont we outlaw them to minors? The reason that we dont is becuase both have broken into our culture, and paintball is still doing so. But I believe this bill will not do anything, and is really just a political stunt. Im sorry to Kevin Smith and feel incredibly angry at peoples stupidity but banning sales to minors will do nothing but give paintball a bad outlook.

[Catch22]

I live in florida and I'm not allowed to buy paint wether it be paintballs or spray paint from home depot. Because they think kids are going to get high off of spray paint they ban the sales of "paint" in general, to minors. That's gay. If you guys really want to do something then lets get on online petition going.

[stondroopy]

the law is to stop the sale to minors,but the crime was done by 4 men in there late teens to early twenties.i remember when i was 13 and wanted a bb gun,i couldnt buy one but i could by a sling shot?heh funny the way laws work.

[cphilip]

I agree with restricting the sale to minors.

I agree with restricting play on Public Property. However I believe there should be a Permit process that would allow it in apropriate places after carefull review.

I do not agree with restricting play on ALL private property. This smacks of a restiction that is too broad. I can see instances where private property would not be large enough to play on and should not be played on but I certainly know there are tracts of land large enough to do it and the owner should be allowed to do as he wishes. And he would of course be liable if he allowed it and did not take proper precautions for safety and minimizing the effect it had on adjoining property owners. I believe those laws already exist to assure that. I see no need to complicate that. At the very most it may could be restricted and a simple permitting process employed that is not too expensive or even free.