Probably not the best terminology I could have used but it was a bit late, and I had probably let 1 to many cans of Stella get past my lips.
Anyway what I am trying to say is, most sports that involve using "guns" are generally seen as quite dangerous, even if there are stringent rules to enforce saftey. To give an example I would not let my daughter do clay pigeon shooting, hunting etc until she is at least 16 years of age (well tbh I wouldn't want her hunting period, but that's just my personal beliefs on the whole subject) quite simply because the risk of an accident might not be that high, but if one were to happen the consequences (sp?) are very dire indeed. Now if she asked if she could play paintball at say the age of 12, then I would have no problem at all (depending on the site she was going to etc).
Now this of course comes from somebody who knows what pb is all about, I'm sure if I posted this on a clay pigeon forum then I would get loads of flack back. Which just shows how peoples opinions and beliefs change depending on how much they know about the subject in question.
Basically what I am trying to say is that the more we can demonstrate that this is in fact a sport, is very safe as long as all the rules are adhered to, and that we are not in fact hooligans who like to run around with guns (well most of us anyway
) then the more likely we are to be more socially acceptable, and thus bring more people/money/interest into the sport, which of course is in the interests of everbody.Cro
