Mr Greenwood said: "He had served in the Army and recognised the sound of a gun being fired.
"He ducked down and pulled his girlfriend to the ground alongside him in reaction to the sound as a result of his military training.
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Hang on, What army was this guy in? I mean, military training must be getting pretty damn weird if they train you to recognise a compressed air cycle as a lethal threat. Even weirder if they train you to associate it with a firearm....
I'd hate to be this guys girlfriend, poor girl, all I can say is I hope they don't possess a sodastream....as soon as she pops the excess pressure, in rolls Mr Greenwood from the living room, tackling her to the floor to protect her from the inevitable shot that'd be whizzing inches from her temple...Thank god the guy doesn't work for a printing press....his colleagues would constantly be in a state of nervous exhaustion...
Seriously though, good and bad points in here. The charge can't be altered unfortunately, yes it sounds bad....but the law doesn't have a charge for "Using a piece of sporting equipment in a reckless manner" and to anyone uneducated, something with a barrel, grip and trigger is an imitation firearm.
"Sound of a gun being fired" terrible! Implies that paintball markers are actually as powerful or at least sound as powerful as a handgun, that's blatant sensationalism! And it would've been nice if they'd spoken to someone such as Warped Sports to get the responsible paintball player's opinion on idiots such as this guy.
