Mardi Gras Riot in San Luis Obispo, CA...

[gibby]

...Law enforcments use pepper balls to contain the riots during their Mardi Gras celebration. Could it be TK's work calming the storm?

Link to story:

http://www.ucsbdailynexus.com/news/2004/6810.html

[TheTramp]

I saw that on the news. They were using Tippmans.

[Muzikman]

That's where Sarah and Army live. Sarah was telling me about it in chat. Wish I was there...I could have put the FN303 to good use

[Muzikman]

"Partygoers upset by the intervention threw bottles, rocks, beads and other assorted objects at police officers"

I wonder if the cops were flashing to get those beads:)

[gibby]

Originally posted by Muzikman
That's where Sarah and Army live. Sarah was telling me about it in chat. Wish I was there...I could have put the FN303 to good use

Hehe! Now that would have been cool! Amongst all the police in riot gear, we see this one guy wearing a big AO jersey helping out!

[mangomag]

LOL, i was actually there when all this happened! me and my buds were all just chilling having a good time, and all of a sudden i hear guns going off, they didnt sound like guns, but more like paintball guns! my immediate insticts were to book it! luckily i didnt get hit, but a couple of my buds did, one of them got hit 4 times with pepperballs, and a couple of my other friends got caught in the tear gas and had trouble breathing, it was pretty crazy..but it was fun! my friend said they hurt more than paintballs, which they probably did..
lol, made me wish i had my mag with me to show em' up

[thei3ug]

You're the first person I know who thought it was "cool" to get gassed.

[Muzikman]

It's soon to be a college past time...

Dan: Hey man, we're out of beer, no money and I'm bored. What do you wanna do Jim.

Jim: Hell man, let's go start a riot so we can get peppered. All the cool college kids are doing it these days.

Dan: Kick arse...let's go...

[tony3]

Originally posted by thei3ug
You're the first person I know who thought it was "cool" to get gassed.

Hahahahahahha, I can also see muzikman standing there going nuts with his AO jersey on....

[Wes Janson]

I can't wait for one of the rioters to get nailed to the eye or mouth or ear with a pepperball. I'm willing to bet the impact velocity is far above a normal paintball, and they're not wearing masks.. Recipe for disaster, IMO.

[Muzikman]

Originally posted by Wes Janson
I can't wait for one of the rioters to get nailed to the eye or mouth or ear with a pepperball. I'm willing to bet the impact velocity is far above a normal paintball, and they're not wearing masks.. Recipe for disaster, IMO.

That is why they are call "Less Than Lethal" although, the article calls it non-lethal. If they are using the Tippmann's, then they are just normal pepper filled balls shooting at or around 300fps. If they are using the FN-303 they are shooting at about the same, but with a projectile that is 3x hevier than a paintball. It's better than rubber bullets.

[SlartyBartFast]

Originally posted by Muzikman
It's better than rubber bullets.

Too true. Those can easily kill.

Bean bag launchers and tear gas canister launchers can easily be leathal at short range as well.

[wallace9111]

To anyone who came to AO cali day they know I live in SLO, and i was where the riots were, cedar creek. I got to stand at the wall on the other side of the crowd and taunt cops, tons of fun till your roomate next to you gets tackled and taken to jail. My other stupid roomate was filling bottles with rocks and throwing them. I thought it would be funny with just bottles but the dumbass decided to fill them with rocks somehow, then got tackled by a swot cop, who then proceeded to get knocked down and my roomate ran away. Fun times by all!!! Idiots!

[wallace9111]

I can also post some sweet pics!

[Duke of Lawnchair]

Originally posted by wallace9111
I can also post some sweet pics!

Were you the one that started all that crap???

j/k

I miss SLO.