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Mother wants Paintball guns regulated (CT)
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| 8/6/08
| Puppage
Posted on 08/06/2008 5:11:13 AM PDT by Puppage
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To: wolfcreek
Right on..............this really pisses me off because it's just another example of , as Rush would say, the “Chickification” of the culture....no offense to our lady freepers out there , but this is nuts and driven by a feminine desire to eliminate all risk from the world......when my boys were young we would play paintball all the time with their friends and their fathers.....the great thing about it is that it imparts the necessary survival knowledge to youngsters that actions have consequences, under a relatively benign situation....although the damn things hurt on bare skin.....but so much the better....that is the point ya know !..............oh, yea, nobody played without proper eye protection.....jeez, how stupid is this woman !
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:51:50 AM PDT
by
mick
To: Puppage
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” - Herbert Spencer
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:52:14 AM PDT
by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: rhombus
"That's leading some to question whether paintball guns parenting should regulated."Don't worry, the liberals are already working hard on that one.
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:52:42 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Five Year Plans and New Deals, wrapped in golden chains...)
To: AmericaUnited
Apparently Mom here never watched “A Christmas Story.”
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:53:28 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~)
To: Puppage
This mother FAILED to do her job and now she wants government to step in and take over her parenting job.
Lady, too bad if you are guilt ridden and now feel you must make amends by going on this specious crusade. Fact is, you did not properly supervise your child, and accidents happen. I am sorry your child was injured, but that does not give you the right to attempt to force the heavy hand of government down the throat of the rest of us because of your personal, family situation.
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:57:16 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(I remember when the climate never changed, then Bush stole the election.)
To: Puppage
We must then regulate
Paint Spray GUNs
Nail GUNs
Staple GUN’s
Glue GUN’s
...and I guess they will be consistant and outlaw BeGUN and ShoGUN as well.
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posted on
08/06/2008 6:02:06 AM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: ICE-FLYER
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posted on
08/06/2008 6:03:20 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Puppage
Chalk up one vote for the Obamanation!
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posted on
08/06/2008 6:05:02 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: wolfcreek
So the kid wasn’t wearing goggles and playing paintball? Wonder if he played catcher for his team without a mask?
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posted on
08/06/2008 6:08:32 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Senator McCain, what did GWB promise you back in 2000? And you believed him? BWAHAAAAA!)
To: reagan_fanatic
Think about the hysteria with bicycle helmets laws for children. GOOD GOD!!! When I was younger NO ONE wore those things and out of hundreds of kids I knew in my elementary school, I can never remember any thing really, really bad happening.
To: Puppage
Since the age of five, Christein Smith has wanted to play for the Yankees, but the 15-year-old All-Star catcher's dreams have been derailed after a backyard game of paintball. He'd probably would have gotten behind the plate without his catcher's mask and taken out the eye anyway.
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:07:27 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution - 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Andonius_99
"Send a message to the kids, teenagers, that these guns can cause serious damage," she said. Yeah, they should put warning labels on those things! On the boxes, ammo and the paintball guns themselves!!!
Huh? What? They already do? nevermind.
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posted on
08/06/2008 7:10:15 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution - 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Puppage
Everyone I ever saw playing Paintball was wearing eye protection.
Mom needs to review her own standards of conduct.
To: Puppage
People always wonder just how safe paintball is. Well, according to a study by the National Injury Information Clearinghouse of the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, it's safer than bowling. The 2001 study reports that per 1000 participants there are only 0.24 while bowling accounts for 0.47 injuries. The most dangerous sport? Water skiing has 260.84 injuries per 1000 participants.
While this study is from 2001, the numbers should still hold true today as the injuries are per 1000 participants and not by total number of injuries. Current figures are unavailable as the CPSC now combines paintball statistics with all shooting sports.
Link
Sports Injuries Report
Yearly injuries per 1000 Participants
Water Skiing 260.84
Lacrosse 223.79
Wrestling 36.46
Rugby 31.21
Football 30.17
Baseball 28.42
Hockey 21.92
Basketball 19.76
Soccer 12.59
Boxing 11.34
Bicycle Riding 11.71
Gymnastics 10.49
Volleyball 4.03
Ice Skating 3.83
Snowmobiling 3.52
Snow Skiing 2.99
Racquetball 2.77
Tennis 2.77
Handball 1.92
Fishing 1.43
Swimming 1.34
Golf 1.22
Archery 0.85
Boating 0.75
Bowling 0.47
Paintball 0.24
Link
Idiots. We've been dealing with this type of
"for the children" hysteria about the sport almost since day one. Same mindset that has caused the industry to largely adopt the PC term "Marker" instead of "Gun".
Remember folks: If the gun is gassed, wear YOUR MASK!
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:49:41 AM PDT
by
thoolou
("I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous." - David Bradley, inventor of Ctrl-Alt-Del)
To: Puppage
"Send a message to the kids, teenagers, that these guns can cause serious damage," well just duh...
We need to outlaw baseball bats cause my boy got his nose broken by one...any yours truly was whopped broadside in the forehead as well...[when I was about 5, by mom no less, as she was hitting walnuts I walked right into a full swing...maybe thats my problem ...8^P...]
its an epedemic I tell you...
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posted on
08/06/2008 8:53:06 AM PDT
by
Gilbo_3
(Trust in the Lord...vote yer conscience...=...LiveFReeOr Die...)
To: Puppage
Serious harm like a large red welt?
Quit complaining
I’ve done worse to myself from bike crashes.
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posted on
08/06/2008 10:07:52 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
To: Military family member
All the FReepers who play paintball should get together once each year and have a tournament with all the DUers and KOSers who play paintball.
It would be fun to see if liberals were as bad at paintball as they are at everything else.
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:06:31 PM PDT
by
Fichori
(Obama's "Change we can believe in" means changing everything you love about America. For the worse.)
To: Puppage
I was watching my cousins in a tournament last spring when one of the players tripped and accidentally squeezed the trigger. The pellet hit me in the side of the head and knocked me for a loop. I can see why they require the helmets and face shields.
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:30:54 PM PDT
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
To: reagan_fanatic
Heck, when I was younger, we had crabapple fights with slingshots or, before the crabapple “harvest”, we’d just put on some sweats and swimming goggles and have BB-gun wars in the woods.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:37:11 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Teach the children quietly, for someday sons and daughters will rise up & fight while we stood still)
To: Puppage
Spot ON.
Any item that throws any type of projectile is, by its very nature, potentially dangerous.
Safety (and parental supervision of children) is a MUST.
Goobermint laws would not have stopped this accident.
Whatcha wanna bet this “mom” has no husband and is looking for the goobermint to be daddy/spouse?
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posted on
08/06/2008 5:58:03 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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