Paintball Gun Leads to Charge

Sunday, September 09, 2007 06:19 AM

A young man is facing a possible charge of Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to the Public after Prince George RCMP responded to complaints about a man taking pot shots at people with a paintball gun.

Police say they entered the apartment building on Queensway, the site of the complaint, and spotted two males and a female in the stairwell. One male was carrying a paintball gun the other male was carrying a hammer.

The young man in possession of the paintball gun was arrested, taken to cells, and released a short time later. He is to appear in court at the end of October.

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Posted on Sunday, September 09, 2007 06:19 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Bridge on September 9 2007 10:52 AM

What happened to the hammer guy? Sounds like the more dangerous weapon to me.

Cheers

Posted by: dgdiggler on September 9 2007 11:10 AM

He was the one detaining the guy until the police arrived.

Posted by: Harbinger on September 9 2007 11:17 AM

And "she" was a cheerleader?

Posted by: owl on September 9 2007 12:01 PM

she was the one who called 911 on her cell.....

You can drive while on a cell phone, but you cannot pay attention in a stand off situation while phoning at the same time and thus dropping your guard just enough to be overpowered ....

;-)

Posted by: thereasonableman on September 9 2007 9:12 PM

I wouldn't call a paintball gun vs. a hammer, overpowering.

Good for them, they got a moron off the street. Good work by all.

Posted by: owl on September 10 2007 12:24 AM

I know what a hammer is and have used one.

I know what a paintball gun is, but have never used one.

I also know that one should be wearing eye protection for obvious reasons.

So, I can use a paintball gun in a poking stabbing motion and outdistance a hammer ... I can swing it and outdistance a hammer .... and, most importantly, if I "am a good shot, I can hit the hammer wielding attacker in the eyes with several paint balls in a split second .....

"Almost 60% of all injured persons >7 years were treated for paintball pellet wounds of which most were to the eye."

http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/3/139

Posted by: zoom on September 10 2007 11:32 AM

maybe the government should start a paintball gun registry

Posted by: Chadermando on September 11 2007 12:01 AM

I think the carpenter hammer is the ultimate last resort sneak attack defence weapon if one knows how to grip one (no coincidence in design IMO).

That guy with the machete a few years ago wouldn't have had a chance. Ditto for any blade related attacker. The added bonus of a hammer is it can block any blade, stays close to your centre of gravity, and can be concealed. Most importantly a hammer can not be easily removed by an attacker and thus turned on you like the common baseball bat, knife, gun, or in this case a paintball gun if over you're overpowered with your own weapon. Protection of your own weapon is the most important thing if you're being attacked by a nut case, and you make the decision to use a weapon of your own in self defence. I think this guy knew his weapon when he used a hammer to detain the shooter.

As for the paint ball gun; all its going to do is piss the hammer guy off as he charges you with his eyes covered. If the target has a hammer, then this paint ball guy is going to be in some serious trouble.