In article <95i3hv8imtdbi9vc6ur4f1q1780nm4ce1g@4ax.com>,
The Gunslinger <dddd@dddd.com> wrote:

> Sure you did.
>
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:05:35 -0700, "tgarza [BOA]"
> <elmo@gohighspeed.com> wrote:
>
> > That kind of stuff is VERY dangerous. Not only to the victims, but also to
> >the idiots shooting.
> >This is why. Before I started playing paintball about 6 years ago I was in
> >Spokane, Washington.
> >I was reaching into my car from the passenger side when I feel a sudden
> >stinging sensation in my side.
> >I touch my ribcage and feel something wet, I look at my fingers and I see
> >red. I think I 've been shot.
> >My blood start to pump and adrenilan starts to flow, I start to see in
> >tunnel vision.
> > I reach for my H&K USP compact chambered in .45 ACP. and and scan the area
> >at a low ready.
> >Directly behind me on the street I see a silver colored muzzle sticking out
> >of a Nissan Sentra passenger
> >window. I draw down on these punks in the Nissan and I hear a "HOLY SHIT!"
> >and the punks floor it
> >speed off. I try to calm down. I pull my shirt off, I see no entry wound.
> >only a nasty welt. I suddenly felt sick.
> >I almost used leathal force on some PRANKSTER.

Hey, top-posting idiot (with the name "Gunslinger" to boot): I carry
concealed, and that is definately a scenario I could see myself in.
Sure, I know what a paintball gun sounds like, but I'm not going to sit
there and wait for them to take another shot at me to see if I heard it
right.

If I have something hit me at high speed that I think is a bullet and
I see a barrel pointed at me, I'm returning fire, and mine will be
Hydroshocks rather than Big Ball. I probably WOULD have used lethal
force in that situation, because if I had believed myself to have been
under fire, I would have at least marked up (heh) the fleeing car, and
it would be legal in Texas.


Phelps

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despair." -- H.L. Mencken