Well guys, it's finally happened. It looks like we're in some deep [bleep]!
After current incidents occuring in paintball, it seems that the Government is stepping into our sport. The recent deaths due to tanks coming off and becoming projectiles, as well as the recent ABC report indicating about paintball safety and the increased number of ER injuries. A Bill is being brought up through the Senate that would induce a Registration Act for all of the sport of Paintball.
What does this mean to us, the paintballing community? It means that if this is indeed passed and goes through the motions. That we are now going to have to register our markers as if they were firearms, and go through safety courses like a hunters. And if you fail the training, you won't get approved to play paintball. If in the future you violate the training, say you're caught doing vandalism. Your paintballing liscense will be revoked and you won't be able to play.
All proshops and major marketing chains like Dicks and WalMart will have to comply with these regulations as well, imagine the damage to your local proshop from this?
We have to do something about this people. This has gone too far. Self regulation is the only way that we can really survive in a comfortable state, the Government doesn't know what is best for us. They are only going over the top with the media blasting we've been seeing.
http://www.FlagPull.com/content.php?article/45.html
Go here for more information on the whole situation. Has information on the Bill itself, how to contact your local Senators, an online petition to show our support, etc. We can't let this happen people!
After current incidents occuring in paintball, it seems that the Government is stepping into our sport. The recent deaths due to tanks coming off and becoming projectiles, as well as the recent ABC report indicating about paintball safety and the increased number of ER injuries. A Bill is being brought up through the Senate that would induce a Registration Act for all of the sport of Paintball.
What does this mean to us, the paintballing community? It means that if this is indeed passed and goes through the motions. That we are now going to have to register our markers as if they were firearms, and go through safety courses like a hunters. And if you fail the training, you won't get approved to play paintball. If in the future you violate the training, say you're caught doing vandalism. Your paintballing liscense will be revoked and you won't be able to play.
All proshops and major marketing chains like Dicks and WalMart will have to comply with these regulations as well, imagine the damage to your local proshop from this?
We have to do something about this people. This has gone too far. Self regulation is the only way that we can really survive in a comfortable state, the Government doesn't know what is best for us. They are only going over the top with the media blasting we've been seeing.
http://www.FlagPull.com/content.php?article/45.html
Go here for more information on the whole situation. Has information on the Bill itself, how to contact your local Senators, an online petition to show our support, etc. We can't let this happen people!
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