[geeks] Hijacked

[Kurt Huhn]

> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:20:13PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > Paintball pistol loaded with pepperball rounds (www.pepperball.net).
 No -
> > not foolproof - but guaranteed not to pierce the fuselage.  It also is a
> > "proximity" weapon - it has a radius of something like 3 feet.
Tranquilizer
> > darts, while safe for the airplane, must hit the *target* to be
effective.
>
> Now *that* is cool.  Wonder if they sell to the general public.  Throw
> 10 of those at random in your paintball hopper to add an extra "oomph" to
> those paintball wars. 8-)
>

Did a quick search this morning and found an LA Times article that says that
there's a bill in CA making it's way though legislation to do just that.
However - all indications seem to point that Jaycor wants to sell a
specialized and proprietary launcher about the size of a flashlight - cost
~$200.  Not that I *dislike* the idea - but I hope that they'll allow those
of us with paintball guns to buy just the pepperballs.

Now I can't find the URL - but here's a link to another one that basically
says the same thing.
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-89517720010730-0907
20.html

Of course, police organizations oppose the idea...

I'm not sure if I like the idea that a states legislation is passing a law
to allow civilians to buy them, or if I'm disgusted that a states
legislation had to step in to allow civilians to buy them.

Kurt