Paintball vs. Simunitions: Chris Ewens, list member and fellow
instructor in northern California, sent an explanation of why the
Canadian soldiers in yesterday's item went to rented paintball guns when
they lacked adequate protective gear to use their usual Simunitions:
When I researched Simunitions versus the Real Action Markers paintball
handguns that I decided on for use in my advanced courses, I remember
that the Simunitions was a higher velocity. The masks used for
paintball are not allowed by Simunitions to be used with their system.
The paintball masks are only rated for 350 feet per second max.
The main reason I picked the RAM .43 caliber paintball handguns is that
Simunitions is real expensive to use. Just to buy into the system is
about $5000 plus expensive ammunition, versus $1000 plus inexpensive
paintballs. Wanting to keep my course affordable for the working man, I
chose the RAM guns. They look and work like Glocks, and are accurate at
the distances that I use them.
http://www.guninstructor.com/
Another list member sent a link to a paintball equivalent of the M4;
it's not exactly inexpensive, listing at $599.
http://www.theopenpress.com/index.php?a=press&id=2396
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Kids And Guns: Article from The Washington Times provides ample coverage
of the prohibitionist side of the debate.
http://washingtontimes.com/familytimes/20050702-110823-3887r.htm
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Unintended Consequence?: A vendor of body armor claims that sales have
increased in Florida since the "duty to retreat" was abolished. He
attributes it to a perception that criminals may now be quicker on the
trigger.
http://i-newswire.com/pr34580.html
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Minneapolis To Close Last Gun Shop: The owner of the last gun shop in
Minneapolis has lost his zoning appeal and will likely be forced to stop
selling firearms.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5487403.html
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South Africa Firearms Amnesty Nets Big Haul: A total of 94,631 guns and
1,764,246 rounds of ammunition were surrendered to the police in the
national six months amnesty period that expired at midnight on Thursday,
police said. What police did not say is what proportion of the firearms
were surrendered by the armed criminals who plague that country.
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/newsst/newsst1120289975.aspx
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Filipinos Avail Themselves Of Firearms Amnesty: In one part of the
Philippines some 900 owners have opted to take advantage of an amnesty
that permits them to register their guns with minimal documentation.
http://www.thefreeman.com/local/story-20050704-32011.html
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Stephen P. Wenger
Firearm safety - It's a matter
for education, not legislation.
http://www.spw-duf.info
