Just got back from paintball...

[ZenGum]

I've never done it, but paintball looks like damn good fun.

I am a *little* concerned about unstable individuals who *might* get too wrapped up in it and find it a gateway to actual gun-rampages. I believe this could be managed because paintball is a group activity, and it is generally loners who go postal. Group sports keep you stabilised.

However, I read recently that there were moves in Germany towards banning paintball, because it encourages people to run around shooting other people. Killjoys.

[monster]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

I am a *little* concerned about unstable individuals who *might* get too wrapped up in it and find it a gateway to actual gun-rampages. I believe this could be managed because paintball is a group activity, and it is generally loners who go postal. Group sports keep you stabilised.

Hmm. More "organized loners" than "group" in the main I'd say (not us, not the adults, but the teens who make up the generla entry crowd....), but I'd be sceptical about it leading to gun rampage here, because it's not like it's hard to get hold of real guns if that's what you're drawn to. I'm not a gun fan, but paintball is fun. The "higher echelons" of paintball call the weapons "markers".... but this place called them guns. well it was right next to Detroit metro Airport. not your most salubrious neighborhood.