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[Party of A-5]

Originally Posted by Mr. Furious

Sorry, man. It's the world we live in. It's all about the worst case scenario and those *******s in Columbine gave us all something to be terrified of.

Each kid brings a part?
If they were going to shoot up a school with a paintball gun then one would just bring the whole darn thing!
No reason for secrecy or need to smuggle it in.

[pinesftw]

Originally Posted by Party of A-5

Each kid brings a part?
If they were going to shoot up a school with a paintball gun then one would just bring the whole darn thing!
No reason for secrecy or need to smuggle it in.

I Don't know why someone would use a paintball gun for a school shooting but as the witnesses stated, it looked like a real gun frame. what MR. Furious said is very likely, People are rapidly finding ways to carry out various crimes (but these days it's much harder to get away with it). I haven't heard any kids attempting to blow up a school because explosive material is hard to get especially when you are a civilian. Shooting up a school with a marker is ASKING for it. You can cause lots of pain but not kill them but it can equally be what the user intends on doing but then again, You have to hit the right places. Society is degrading

[flyweightnate]

What I don't understand, though, is why the rules/ laws extend to college campuses. We are adults, we are not idiots, and I honestly believe a CCW permit on 1/20 people would have prevented some of the recent shootings. Honestly, if you were going to shoot up a school, and you whip out a gun, and 4 random people draw in one lecture hall, you're not getting too far.

As far as the issue with paintball gear, I can definitely see two sides to the issue. California, you cannot own a black paintball gun legally, I've heard... or maybe buy a new black one, or something. That's a freakin good idea. If all the paintball guns are odd colors, not much of a chance for confusion, is there? Of course, Tippmann would go out of business, but... haha.

I have to live off-campus now, just to keep my paintball gear around. Which could REALLY suck once I start co-op'ing on campus, because I think I would get free housing. Gonna have to talk to the GTPD about that.

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by Party of A-5

Each kid brings a part?
If they were going to shoot up a school with a paintball gun then one would just bring the whole darn thing!
No reason for secrecy or need to smuggle it in.

You totally missed the point. The administration had no idea it was a paintball gun part so they responded as if it was a real gun part. As far as multiple people bringing various parts to be put together later to kill someone it was attempted by some terrorists in the past. Who is to say it wasn't a "dry run" to see if the bozo who got arrested and his buddies couldn't bring a whole real gun to school and assemble it later to go on a shooting spree or maybe he planned to bring one piece of his dad's gun every day until he had them all there so he could start shooting people. We don't know if any of his buddies had other gun parts in their bookbags do we? Neither did the school staff. This is not about paintball guns, it's about real guns. School administrators and law enforcement cannot assume it was a simple mistake because assumptions like that can get innocent students and teachers killed. I don't think anyone was worried about him shooting up the school with a paintball gun, the worry was what could have happened or what might be in the planning stages if he wasn't caught. Look at the big picture, not the isolated incident. Again, it's the world we live in.

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by flyweightnate

What I don't understand, though, is why the rules/ laws extend to college campuses. We are adults, we are not idiots, .

Not all of you but I've met plenty that were.

[dauntless15]

i think everyone overreacted . first of all the police should know that a paintball gun part can not be used to fire a real round . and it was just a part . ... PART ! there was no way he could have hurt anyone with it . it was probly there cuz he was selling it to his freind or sumthing . just my 2 cents

[Party of A-5]

Because if someone was stupid enough to try that they would just bring the whole thing the first time.
Really, think about it.

[davidwirth]

if you aren't even allowed to have a little plastic replica of a gun the attaches to a key chain, why would you think you could bring a receiver into school? If you know what you are doing with velocity and springs, you can make a paintball gun lethal

[mojojojoaf]

Again, I look at the responses posted here of the police over reacting and that it was only a part and that this witness, a girl, must have had it in for the boy because he spurned her....

Well you know you can live in that world that says everything is harmless and no one should over react because its assumed that everyone should know that a simple plastic part can't do any harm and then you think, well, its only common sense that they would just bring everything at one time if they were going to do any real harm...

Then one morning you wake up and see that someone shot and killed a bunch of kids at the local high school, then you see it again, and again, and again and yet again. At what point do schools and police say enough is enough?

Here's a clue, don't be dumb, don't be cool, just leave the paintball/airsoft stuff at home. That my dear friends is common sense. That precludes any over reaction from the police and schools. That leaves the schools and police the opportunity to focus on stopping people with real intent instead of having to answer quesitons on the 6 oclock news about a paintball part being mistaken for a real gun and the DA can hammer the real idiots and not waste tax payer money.

Yeah I am old, and tired, and wonder why parents seem to be so absent form their kids lives these days.

[pillage]

QUOTE=davidwirth;340042]This post is in humor so no one get'em bunched between the cheeks ok?

I blame it on on glock, smith and wesson, and the xm8. These so called gun designers are causing all the problems. I mean they design actual firearms out of PLASTIC!!!!! It's not that toy manufacturers are makeing toys look like guns. Its the other way around Gun manufactures are making their product look like TOOOOYYYS. Damn it all to Hell. When I buy a 9mm by God I don't want 95% of it made out of plastic. For Christ Sake, what will happen the first time I try to pistol whip someone with a Glock?!!![/quote]

My glock 21 has plenty of metal in it for pistol whipping in case I run out of 45acp rounds.: