1. Not all guns are deafening loud.
2. Arena guns are finely tuned for rapid fire and accuracy, which causes them to be more quiet than normal paintballs guns.
3. Woodball or open field guns blow their loads faster to push the balls further. Reduced accuracy and much louder noise.
My experience with all of this? 5 years in the Marines, 30+ years hunting ducks/deer and 25+ years playing paintball.
A simple youtube search will show just how loud (or quiet) paintball guns and real guns can be.
“He who only speaks in quotes often forgets to think for himself." - Anais
"In Texas, don't bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight." - Me
I defend my home with my fists like a damn man.
First off shooting into the air is extremely illegal. What goes up must come down and innocent people have died because of it. Police don't even shoot into the air. But I don't expect any of the experts on here to do any research before stating their flimsy opinions.
If I'm not 100% sure someone is doing something to harm myself or family why would I even pull a weapon out? To elevate the situation?
And how do you know if people shooting at your house aren't trying to harm people in the house... other than being sane and assuming they are not inviting you over to a pool party. Do you step outside and yell timeout, hope the person stops firing the weapon so you can confront them and ask what their intensions are. There must be a high lead content in the drinking water where are from.
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That is 100% what I am saying. I have heard many different guns and paintball guns firing in different environments through my lifetime and they all make different sounds.
There is not "a gun sound". There is not "a paintball sound". You watch too many action movies where they use the same stock "gun sound" for every gun they shoot and think "Hey, that must be what guns sound like".
And lets completely ignore the fact that people have different levels of hearing effectiveness. The ear drum in my right ear is complete trash due to shooting AT4s in Iraq. Everyone is different with different life experiences.
Moral of the story, don't shoot at people houses and expect no repercussions.
“He who only speaks in quotes often forgets to think for himself." - Anais
"In Texas, don't bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight." - Me
Last edited by Carnedge; 2019-05-23 at 02:41 PM.
“He who only speaks in quotes often forgets to think for himself." - Anais
"In Texas, don't bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight." - Me
playing paintball in a regular street is pretty dumb.
but if they werent trespassing and no stray paint blobs hit the dudes house, i can see this turning out bad for him.
also who in their right mind goes outside to talk to the shooter to ask whats up when they believe their house is being shot at. wtf?
Claims to be an ex-Marine with extensive experience with firearms.
Doesn't know what muzzle velocity means.
Cute.
Muzzle velocity is not the velocity of the muzzle, but the velocity of the projectile at the muzzle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzle_velocity
“He who only speaks in quotes often forgets to think for himself." - Anais
"In Texas, don't bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight." - Me
I love this. Can I get you some crayons Mr. "Marine for 5 years"?
The bullet going super-sonic is what makes the most noise, not the expanding gasses like some believe. Which is why supressors, without subsonic ammo, are still pretty damn loud.
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1) What are the actual odds that someone attacks your wife and kids?
2) Why do you need a gun to defend yourself? Wouldn't a knife or bat suffice in most situations?
3) What's more likely: you successfully defending your family from a real criminal, or you accidentally killing someone who you mistook for a criminal? Probably the latter.
I know plenty of people in rural Canada that are just fine without stand your ground laws.
“He who only speaks in quotes often forgets to think for himself." - Anais
"In Texas, don't bring a paintball gun to a real gun fight." - Me
You are already doing something in an extreme situation, you are choosing to shoot up instead of killing. The choice is between shooting to kill or shooting not with the intent to kill, whether this is up or somewhere else.
I don't know if you have followed the gun situation in the US, but alot of incidents have happen just because people have a gun and pull it out without thinking really. This man proberly thought his house was under attack, took his gun and went out ready to defend it, no matter what actually was waiting out there. I don't think he judged the situation, he just went with his gut feeling and that was apperantly to kill whoever was out there, no matter how much danger he was really in.
How i know?....Well, by the enviroment i am in. If i live in a US neighborhood, which is quiet and without much violence or crime, im pretty fucking sure, that people are not out to kill me and my family. If i hear shoots in the neighborhood or on my house, i don't directly go to think that a gang of murderes are outside trying to kill me. What you do is try to find out what is going on, yell at them and try to communicate instead of going outside with guns blazing.
Ohh and thanks for the personal attack. Its been a long time somebody have argued with me and felt so low in their arguements, that they had to resort to that .
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