Paintball

[d4rksabre]

Originally Posted by BigOldSkool

At that point I would just suscribe to my holloween theory around by me..

" Shoot illegally... I get free gear "

Long story short... my whole team was at my house for a beer bash on the week end before holloween and some kids decided to shoot up one of our team mates car who also is a corrections officer.... Well.. we all donned our masks... (BTW we were playing the next day too and all had our gear on hand) He pulled out his dash light and we chased them down......... cornered them and threatened to call the cops and have them all arrested.... or they give us all of their gear......

And thats the story of how my team got a free matrix.

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm going to make sure I have the monroe county sheriff's number in my phone next time and the address for the disc golf course so they can find it easily.

My issue with calling the cops is these kids would see them coming and most likely take off. Whereto I don't know, but if I can detain one, it would certainly make it easier. I'm kind of hoping Drum would chime in here and let me know what I'm allowed to do. Maybe I'll give the Sheriff's office a call this afternoon and see what they say to do.

Either way, the number is going in the phone and the gogs are going in the bag for next time.

~Carter

[Azzy]

I call it asault, and you have a right to defend yourself.

Call the cops, and just tell tehm that you are getting shot at.

[ScrapIron]

According to one teammate of mine:

Because compressors weren't around yet, prehistoric man used their CO2 tanks as clubs to bash in the heads of their enemies.

So I'd just be careful when taking their gear away since they would most likely try to shoot you as you approached them, and upon disarming the kids of their gear a more primitive instinct might take over and, then supposedly that would make you the bad guy.

[Schmitti]

Call the po-po. And no need to try and detain.. assualt on a minor can be a troublesome rap to beat.

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[WilD]

Yeah, you probably can't do anything to detain them legally. Your only likely remedy is to call the police if it is a public facility. Is this course public or private land?

[d4rksabre]

Originally Posted by WilD

Yeah, you probably can't do anything to detain them legally. Your only likely remedy is to call the police if it is a public facility. Is this course public or private land?

The way I understand it, is that it's someone's property that is open to the public to use. The owner mows the fairways and greens and such, and pretty much leaves it up to the players to maintain it as far as keeping it clean. It seems to work.

[WilD]

Originally Posted by d4rksabre

The way I understand it, is that it's someone's property that is open to the public to use. The owner mows the fairways and greens and such, and pretty much leaves it up to the players to maintain it as far as keeping it clean. It seems to work.

In that case, contacting the owner or responsible party might be the thing to do. If they are smart, they won't like the liability of having kids blasting peoples eyes out and will take steps to remedy the problem.

[Schmitti]

Also... if I remember correctly... any arrest (and subsequent charge where you are found guilty) for a "violent" incident will require you to forfit your carry license. Detaining a minor through use of force will pretty much fall into that catagory. And even if the detaining was found to be legal... have fun with it in civil court if you manage to hurt the kid.

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[d4rksabre]

Originally Posted by Schmitti

Also... if I remember correctly... any arrest (and subsequent charge where you are found guilty) for a "violent" incident will require you to forfit your carry license. Detaining a minor through use of force will pretty much fall into that catagory. And even if the detaining was found to be legal... have fun with it in civil court if you manage to hurt the kid.

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Yeah, that's what I'm concerned about. I don't want to get charges pressed for grabbing a kid and hauling him out of the woods to call the cops.

WilD, I like the idea of calling the property owner. I'll see if there's contact info on the bulletin board the next time I'm there.

edit: so in looking at the satellite view on google maps, it appears the woods line is the back end of several properties.

43.077770, -77.766098 (Baker Farm) - Google Maps

I suspect these kids came from the houses to the east that border the woods line. Should I pay a visit to these houses in the evening and ask the owners if they have young children who play paintball? I feel like maybe trying to find the source is a better idea. These kids are pretty young so they couldn't have come from far away. Then once I identify the source I can sit down and talk with the parents and let them know that if this happens again, I'll know where to send the police. That should get their attention enough to discipline their kids; I hope.

[Schmitti]

If there is no info on the property owner on site (I would think there would be for insurance reasons) then call the county tax department. They should be able to give you contact info for a specific address.

I would call the police today though and file a report.... it might prevent lights and sirens the next time you call allowing for a good response where they get the kids and not scare them off.

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