Here in San Luis Obispo, we had the Mardi Gras riots that made CNN. Anyhoo, the officers outside of my apartment complex were using them (Pro-Carbines). It was quite cool to watch (from a distance). From the reactions of those that got hit, I don't envy whoever is on the business end of one of those things.
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I think the whole idea of using paintball guns for less than lethal weapons is bad publicity for the sport
"Then he says, "Oh yeah?!?!" and he throws back his duster revealing a six shooter at a cross draw.
I say "YYEEEAAHH!!!" And throw back my Duster with Two Minimags hooked to remote coils at my Sides, theres a strange titch in his eye and I draw and start gunning. He didnt even have the chance to draw his gun before he was deficating all over the place............ Okay most of that happened..."-AltimusComment
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No problem here with paintball as a less then lethal weapon. It is less then lethal and far better then using a glock on a perp if it can be avoided.
A paintball gun is actually a pretty good weapon for croud control. It offers far more accuracy then the fire dept hoses! It can be loaded with all different types of loads. It just makes sense!Comment
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A local police officer came into my store one day to show us his new anti riot gun..
It was a Tippy Pro Carbine that said Pepper Ball on the side instead of Tippmann.. He had three types of ammo, glass breaks, pepper balls, and training balls.
Glass breaks are hard porcelin(sp?) balls that shatter automotive glass.. the pepper balls are really hard paintballs filled with pepper.. crap (cant think of the word), and training balls are like pepper balls with baking powder..
The paintballs go for about 1 dollar a ball.. and the tippy with a small 7oz compressed air tank goes for around 600-800 bucks.. The reason for this..small.. price increase is insurance.
He also had a video showing what these guns do... and I DONT want to get hit with them.. people drop in like half a second..Comment
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I acutally did see that when it was on. My dad was watching TV, flipping through the channels. I saw a PB gun and I was like "STOP!" We watched the rest of that show, it was pretty cool.FOR SALE: Intelliframe, AGD Flatline, AA Apocolypse, Powerlight Scepter, and more!!
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FYI :
I've got it on the 'dog too. http://www.webdogradio.us/video/oldschool It's in the lifestyle section, the whole paintball vid.
-TygerLast edited by Tyger; 04-16-2004, 12:30 AM.
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