Inside Edition TV show takes a pot-shot at paintball

[ProX9]

I'm guessing that what you said is true but I only read the first sentence. I think that this is just going to keep some parents from going to Wally World and buying a cheapo paintball gun for their 12 year old.

100 injurys per month? I'm calling BS! I think they made a typo and ment to put 10. Also, probably 1000 people get hurt per month playing football or some other true contact sport.

Is this supposed to be an insult?

[Slimm Jimm]

I agree that paintball markers and firearms shouln't be sold to minors, but I don't agree with taking away the ability to puchase air or paint for paintball markers, or ammunition for guns. At least not on the national level. There are some areas in the US where fields are not abundant, and the only way for some people to play is to wander out to the woods and organize their own private games. They don't know any better other than it's fun. I say leave it up to the individual states to decide.

[boggerman]

Yea, it was Foxworthy talking about standing up in the car as a kid.

This problem and debate comes up every time a newspaper or TV show or someone takes a pot shot at paintball and my point is the same every time: If I pummel you with a baseball bat, does anyone talk about banning city league softball? If I stab you with a kitchen knife, should all cooking shows be rated "M" for violent mature content? It seems that even though a paintball marker is just a tool that can be used right or wrong, any time it is used wrong it reflects poorly on all of us. This makes no more sense to me than the questions I asked

[eNder159]

as stated on the double post parents would be afraid to buy markers for younger kids. Im thinking this "paintball bashing" airing on a major network is a good thing for our "sport". Think about it. The more bashing they do the more parents will give up their willingness to buy markers. When these kids are 18 or whenever they can afford their own marker with their own money so be it. when they do that they know how hard it is to work for it and most likely be more mature about handeling things like a marker. So i think that this "negative" media coverage of paintball is doing us a service...

::zips up flame suit and prepares for flamage::

flame on!