>>>"Joshua R. Poulson" said: > > Yes, it's attractive, but what I worry about is that when I draw a bead with > > the paint gun the target (who's a jerk or I wouldn't be doing this) hauls the > > .357 out from under his seat and lets me have it. > > That's silly. No self-respecting carrier of a firearm would place it that > far out of control. Of course. but who says that the tailgating jerk is a "self-respecting carrier of a firearm"? If he were a reasonable human being he wouldn't be tailgating us... > > He'd probably get off, too. After all, I pointed a gun at him... > > Having been accosted by police because of paintball guns in the past, I > can attest to their validity as "threatening objects". Yep. We've even had kids with squirtguns shot and killed by police officers who thought the all-too-realistic toy was real in the dark alley. I promptly threw away my black squirtgun that looked remarkably like a 9mm Beretta. All my kids squirters now either don't look like real pistols or are bright neon pink or green. Preferably both... --berry Berry Kercheval :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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