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For a while my 14 year old nephew has been bugging me about "lending" him my old Tippman "carbine" paintball marker...

Yeah, I got hooked into the "sport" a few years ago...And when I found out I could whip the pants off of the little whipper snappers with their exotic gas super-tricked-out race guns...I hung it up...It actually sits in the guns safe right now...

But I know how much these things can be abused and mis-used, so I have discouraged him for seeking this form of entertainment...

I have a much better plan for him...And made a deal that when he gets the urge to shoot at something, give me a call, and we'll head to the range that weekend to shoot the "real" thing...And do it for the right reasons...

I am having trouble thinking about what I want to do with that Tippman marker though...I might sell it to someone, but who'd actually want it...

I think it should be handled like any other firearm...And not sold to a person under 18...

So does that mean all of these paintball arenas are now illegal???

Woooooooo, I smell stinky stuff on this one...

But me??? I have never been a big fan of these "airsoft" pellet devices in the first place...