One more quick note while I'm thinking about it...
A couple of the represetnatives thought that Paintball was something more common in OTHER states, interpreting that most of the emails they had received were from out of state and that only about half of the people speaking were from WI as indicating that people *IN* the state either didn't care or there just plain wern't any - one of the reps asked more than once "Why hasn't paintball flourished in WI?" and "But there don't appear to be any paintball players in my district". I think we made it clear that the problem was mainly due to the short notice, and someone (I think it was.. ah, shoot, I don't remember, one of the players) brought up that retailers like Wal-Mart and Dick's Sporting Goods all sell paintball equipment in WI, which pretty much ixnayed the misconception.
Point being that there's going to be a need in the future for more organized responses from *WITHIN* states to have the most significant effect on pending legislation.
- Chris
A couple of the represetnatives thought that Paintball was something more common in OTHER states, interpreting that most of the emails they had received were from out of state and that only about half of the people speaking were from WI as indicating that people *IN* the state either didn't care or there just plain wern't any - one of the reps asked more than once "Why hasn't paintball flourished in WI?" and "But there don't appear to be any paintball players in my district". I think we made it clear that the problem was mainly due to the short notice, and someone (I think it was.. ah, shoot, I don't remember, one of the players) brought up that retailers like Wal-Mart and Dick's Sporting Goods all sell paintball equipment in WI, which pretty much ixnayed the misconception.
Point being that there's going to be a need in the future for more organized responses from *WITHIN* states to have the most significant effect on pending legislation.
- Chris
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