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Date Posted: 07:41:55 04/14/03 Mon
Author: Kharn
Author Host/IP: kharnserv.xs4all.nl / 213.84.47.237
Subject: Heh
In reply to: «șTone Caponeș» 's message, "Re: Why in God's name would you use a LETHAL weapon to shoot at dead targets when you can just as well use a non-lethal weapon." on 15:58:28 04/13/03 Sun

>Cost, accuracy, range. BBs are cheap, BB guns are
>cheap, but they have a very short range and unless you
>spend a lot on a good one, their projectile paths can
>vary greatly (thus lack of accuracy).
>
>Paintballs are a bit expensive, as are generally the
>needed air fills. A case of 2000 good paintballs is
>at least twice as expensive as 2000 .22 rounds.
>Additionally you must pay for either CO2 or Nitrogen.
>Also, paintball trajectories are innacurate as well.
>I've played a heck of a lot of paintball and know this
>from experience. Ever tried hitting a person at 100m
>with a paintball gun?

That's a very valid point.

Silly, though. I can't believe guns are actually cheaper than paintballs over there. They're not incredibly expensive here.

>Well, then we better close down the space program
>because the rockets were primarily developed to kill
>people also.

No, rockets are meant for propulsion, the explosives have been developed to kill.

Also, you don't teach your children to fire rockets, now do you?

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