Yeah, it's the governments fault, Mom. Allowing your kid to play paintball unsupervised in YOUR backyard has nothing to do with it.
“As long as the guns are loaded and they can be fired, if your helmet’s not on, you’re at risk,”
Here’s your sign.
Any mother worth their salt knows to give the obligatory warning: “Be careful you can poke your eye out with that thing” with any toy...
When I was growing up, I remember my brother and I getting in a pretty nasty fight where he took our Wiffle ball bat and hit me right in the face and broke my nose.
I guess in today’s world, my mom could sue the makers of Wiffle ball.
Can she tell us why he wasn't wearing his helmet?
And I want moms to work out and not be so FAT.
I play paintball all the time, and the site where we play requires helmets with face shields.
Aren’t parents supposed to be regulating their children?
Welcome to Connecticut, where skinned knees can make you rich and all the kids are exceptional.
My son played paintball for years, he always wore a face mask and chest protection. We had a paint ball field that my son and his friends set up in our woods behind the house. We never had any injuries because the kids were outfitted properly.
What’s wrong with this woman? More government regulation won’t fix parental stupidity.
Yeah, sorry your kid was stupid and the mom was negligent in her supervision regarding the safety shield and helmet.
Paintball player, eh? No eye protection, you say?
Sounds like ‘chlorine for the gene pool’ to me.
Well, dumba$$, why the hell didn't you do that in the first place? Sounds to me like your kid should have been wearing the paintball helmet and you need your own "special" helmet 24/7...
I Sorry to hear he was so badly injured, but was thinking the same thing... her back yard, so it must be all society’s fault.
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” - Herbert Spencer
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.
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.
Chalk up one vote for the Obamanation!
He'd probably would have gotten behind the plate without his catcher's mask and taken out the eye anyway.