Bandit ball

[Infratracide]

Ok so now that school has started, and me and my friends are short on cash and time I brought up the idea of playing paintball in the secluded parts of our town. We live in a moderatly populated suburb with some wooded areas. There is a big chunk of woods (no one ever goes there) that is being protected or something, i really dont know its status but if we start playing there...
Is it legal? i doubt it is but will anyone care?
If the cops decide to join us, what will they charge us with?
Anyone else have experiance with this?
Anyone wanna try and stop me? lol

[LaW]

I think its a dumb idea, and is definately not legal....

[Skoad]

go out and play, just be weary of passerby's.

here at school we just play in the woods off of one of the football/rugby fields

[JEDI]

Why is it a dumb idea? How do you think paintball got started? What state do you live in? Its not illegal every where.

Before we went tourney, my team and I played in the woods all the time. If its public/ not privately owned property, it should be legal. We were playing on state park property once, and were kicked out, but you shouldnt be charged with anything. Playing paintbal is not illegal.

As long as your far enough away, and you're not harming anyone, you'll probably be left alone. Watch for hikers, and try to keep the over shooting of trees and rocks to a minimum.

I have a lot of experience with "outlaw" ball. Its how I got started. Its where I had most of my woods ball fun. I've played in several portions of woods all around town. You have to expect the occasional questioning, or boot from a particular place, but its not illegal. You wont be arrested.

[Lohman446]

I have to agree, as long as you leave when asked to, and don't argue with anyone over it well there, I do not see any serious side effects. Of course I'm not a lawyer so... just be polite to anyone who comments on it, and don't argue with those with authority.

[LaW]

besides being dangerous, i used to play outlaw ball too when I was young... The cops around here get pretty mad actually. I just dont think its that safe. My response though was because he said the wooded area was being protected so I figure its some kind of "preserve" type thing so I dont think the law enforcement would like that.

[Spray Painter]

when i first started playing about 3 years ago we used to play at an undeveloped public park that no one ever went to, the nieghbors(sp) called the cops, when they came we told them what we where doing, showed them the safty stuff we had(barrel pulgs, etc) and showed them how far the guns could shoot. it happened about 4 times(the cops came each time and every time they said it was ok) before we finally just decided it wasn't worth the nieghbors yelling at us so we stopped playing there. i say just check with your police/city to see if it's ok, if you do play there just make sure you play safe.

[spydervenom]

if its not your land its not legal
thats why its not a good idea.


find some private owned land and its owner and ask if you guys can play there and possibly propose signing a waiver

[Infratracide]

ok well the land im talking about is a reservation, it is about 350 deserted acres. I will decide if its safe or not, we do live in a very densly populated area in NJ. I just wanted to convince my frineds that the police will not confiscate their equipment.

[powerofthegospel]

I play woodsball on city land right in the middle of our city and we never have any problems. I hear if cops catch us they'll come at us with firearms, but we never have any trouble. If you have that much land you should be fine, just dont be stupid and i'm sure it'll be ok.

Peace,
J.J.

[LaW]

Originally posted by Infratracide
ok well the land im talking about is a reservation, it is about 350 deserted acres. I will decide if its safe or not, we do live in a very densly populated area in NJ. I just wanted to convince my frineds that the police will not confiscate their equipment.

I have had my stuff confiscated from the cops in previous years. There is a good chance it will/can definately happen/

[Steelrat]

Okay, here is one reason not to play "bandit ball."

This little girl was hit in the eye by a stray paintball. Was it kids goofing, or bandit ball? Who knows? ALl I know is that anytime you play without the appropriate safeguards, this is a distinct possiblity. Are you absolutely positive you will be the only people in the area when you play? The answer would have to be "no." Even though the chances are slim, what happens if you nail some kid on a hike with their parents?

Trust me, its not worth it. Just save up the money to go to an actual field.

[LaW]

Originally posted by Steeratt
Okay, here is one reason not to play "bandit ball."

This little girl was hit in the eye by a stray paintball. Was it kids goofing, or bandit ball? Who knows? ALl I know is that anytime you play without the appropriate safeguards, this is a distinct possiblity. Are you absolutely positive you will be the only people in the area when you play? The answer would have to be "no." Even though the chances are slim, what happens if you nail some kid on a hike with their parents?

Trust me, its not worth it. Just save up the money to go to an actual field.

The day I stopped playing outlaw ball was the day I took a paintball right on my eyebrow... almost hit my eye and this was after we were done playing but osmeone thought it would be funny to lob a ball my way... never did i play it again

[WARPED1]

Originally posted by LaW
I think its a dumb idea, and is definately not legal....

What he said.

[personman]

I have no desire to play 'Bandit ball', and I never will, either. Unless you consider playing in my yard (which is pretty small actually) which probally wont happen any time soon because of the town homes that have been recentally built around my house.. but man it would be fun to go out there with velocities at like 220 or something and play airball with my inflatable santa claus
My friend who is in scouts with me always asks why I wont play with him in some construction site near his house. He says it is awesome and there is nothing dangerous about it and they are always safe.. but I know a couple of the kids he plays with.. they arent very smart and are just the type who would shoot at a passing car, for kicks. I keep telling my friend no I wont play, I always play at a field and he says that its a waste of money.. bleh. Oh well some day someone will call the police, or someone will get their eye taken out, or both, and they will figure out what I mean.