"Phelps" <phelps@attbi.com> wrote in message
newshelps-CA9154.21560313072003@netnews.attbi.com...
> 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.
>


I share your status and your opinion on this matter.