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Post by Clipper on May 17, 2021 6:41:42 GMT -5
www.wktv.com/content/news/Utica-Police-seize-paintball-guns-following-complaints-574433491.htmlThe miscreants must play I guess. I remember people I have knew several years ago who went to paintball ranges to play. They say that the paintballs sting like hell when they hit. I have seen photos of people wearing some sort of coverall like garment, and a helmet with a face shield participating in paint ball wars at organized and commercial facilities. They were covered in multicolored splotches, and I have seen photos of people with painful looking welts where paintballs had struck exposed or thinly covered flesh. There used to be a paintball facility near here where they had a variety of things to hide behind while playing the game. It covered about 5 or 6 acres. I don't know if anyone would remember but in about 2000 there was a similar string of incidents that took place in N.Utica on Herkimer Rd. A group of teens drove down Herkimer Rd. firing randomly at things from a car. They hit our next door neighbor's storm door and siding as well as a camping trailer in our front yard that we were selling for Kathy's cousin. There were other places hit with the paintballs closer to Deerfield Corners. They must have gone to the city line and turned around because on their way back toward the city they struck cars in the FasTrac parking lot, the gas pumps and a car that was being refueled. They found and arrested the three mental midgets that were doing it. I guess they must have gotten that adrenalin rush similar to the morons that drive around with a baseball bat destroying mailboxes.
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Post by artsyone on May 17, 2021 6:53:56 GMT -5
when I was 8 years old I threw a popsicle into a mailbox. These people, and I use that term loosley, are clucked up and flying low. How did they not know they would be caught? Now these jamolks are responsible for untold thousands of $$$ of vehicular damage, personal injury damages and potential lawsuits, possible large fines, prison time and or parole. This will be on their records for the rest of their useless lives. They may be mini cult heroes in their own little gang, in their own little minds, but I suspect they are already experiencing some overwhelming buyers remorse.
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Post by Clipper on May 17, 2021 7:57:14 GMT -5
Those damned paint balls cause a lot of damage. I spent the better part of a couple hours removing the fluorescent green splotches from Kathy's cousin's camper. Luckily I was able to get it all off without ruining the original paint underneath it.
Maybe these idiots need to be stripped naked, strapped to a wall and subjected to a hail of paintballs. Yup, a couple of well placed shots to their nether regions might get their attention.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on May 17, 2021 19:37:55 GMT -5
I think this is terrible. Why can't they just play basketball or football or do something constructive. Having some fun does not have to be at the expense of others. I have some nephews who love to play paintball but they do it in some woods I think in South Utica. One of them doesn't wear a shirt and I asked him why. His response was he liked to feel the sting when hit. LOL. Kids what will we do without them.
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Post by BHU on May 18, 2021 12:10:13 GMT -5
When I was in grade school myself & my buddies would get our kicks throwing snowballs at moving vehicles, then run like hell. City busses were a favorite target. Splat! Many times we barely got away without an ass kicking from a hapless driver. We never rolled up a rock or anything that would damage a vehicle. Just good clean fun, imho.
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