Its Just A Weapon

[Beemer]

http://tuckerlaw.com/pub/Education%20Law/Education%20Law%20Report_9-05.html

[Miscue]

Let's go put goggles on and throw forks at each other in front of the court house. How about rocks? Rocks can kill people... hence folks getting stoned to death. Glass bottles... should my Coca-Cola beverage be against the rules? It's easier to severely injure someone with one of those than a marker. Maybe sticks? Could poke an eye out you know.

I bet I could walk around on campus in plate armor... with a sharpened battle axe... and they wouldn't think anything of it. But a paintball marker is scary.

[Beemer]

Let's go put goggles on and throw forks at each other in front of the court house.

Na, no Gogs and Knives.


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[Miscue]

I'm just being ornery. I agree with the court, it is a weapon when around people without protective gear... you can really hurt someone with it. And it doesn't belong in schools.

Ever see Big Trouble in Little China... where the dudes bring out the butcher knives? In the kitchen, I wouldn't call it a weapon. But when you take it into an environment that it wasn't intended for... and it can cause harm... then it is a weapon.

Or a baseball bat... when you're not playing baseball...

Or... Chuck Norris... when he's not in a movie.

[Beemer]

I'm just being ornery.

I knew that but it was funny.

Hey leave Chuck outa this. Its about SAFETY.

[txaggie08]

AH the "i can bring my gun to school,no big thing" crowd.

Hate to tell you this folks, I can't even bring mine onto a university campus....

[djeto]

Lose Lose Situation

So...everyone has to admit that kid in the case was being a dum bass and shooting at stuff with the intention of being a prick.

As a result to try and save his own skin, he pulls the idea that markers are not weapons. Gets snubbed out by the court, that is already looking at him as being a prick for shooting dum bass stuff.

Result ends up he still is a dum bass prick for doing it, and paintball has another fine example of a black eye, only this time it could be a starting point to launch any further attempts for states to classify markers as weapons...woo hoo.

The little prick should have just accepted the charge and not tried to weazle out of it. It is all only on your juvenile record that is poofed out of existance at 18.

Oh well...

[Miscue]

AH the "i can bring my gun to school,no big thing" crowd.

Hate to tell you this folks, I can't even bring mine onto a university campus....

I did.

But I had reasons for it... school related stuff. Once for filming a skit thing. And... once I had to do a presentation to try to sell something. I brought my EMag to explain why you would want to buy one.

[warbeak2099]

AH the "i can bring my gun to school,no big thing" crowd.

Hate to tell you this folks, I can't even bring mine onto a university campus....

I'm lucky, my RA is a baller. He let's me keep my gear in my room. He also rides through the hallways on his scooter while balancing a cup of beer on Friday nights...

[txaggie08]

Yeah, thats not to say i never had my guns in the dorm or anything......



We marched past my RA's room drunk one night doing this is my rifle this is my gun when we were fish......my RA hated us to....

[RRfireblade]

I don't know of any school at any level that generally allows Paintball markers regardless of 'weapon' status or not.

Dorms and such may have case by case exceptions but I can't imagine anyone anywhere thinking it would be acceptable behaviour to just take one to school.

Heck , most schools don't even allow you to bring aspirin.

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Yeh I have my marker in my university dorm kept in a locked aluminum case with my other gear hidden. Oh and that full sized case that looks like a rifle case but has all my archery equipment in it. I over heard campus police while walking to my dorm arguing that archery equipment is supposed to be locked down in the gym. Things I cant do because I need easy access to my equipment when I travel to Nationals and other close archery tournaments. I guess what no one knows dosent cause any trouble. Althought it does look a little suspicious(sp?) when I'm walking across campus with a huge black case.

[Lohman446]

Anything can be a weapon depending on context, a paintball marker seems apparently a weapon to me if used in any way shape or form outside of the willing participants of players.

That being said... if I throw a sidekick in a sparring match its all good. If I do so on the street theres a problem. I don't think we need to get too excited, unless they start following the close definition of a firearm by some state statutes (at least Michigan).

[Beemer]

I don't think we need to get too excited, unless they start following the close definition of a firearm by some state statutes (at least Michigan).

There ya go. You have to look at the BIG picture.

[Lohman446]

There ya go. You have to look at the BIG picture.

We looked at discussed that picture some time ago. Most of us are still playing.