A better way to cut your paintball gloves
The traditional way of cutting paintball gloves was to just cut across the knuckles. I find that this leaves alot of material inbetween my fingers ...
Guns And Our Kids
On a gray, rainy Tuesday this week, the Parents Council could be found at Brewed Awakenings talking about guns and our kids. With hunting season starting soon and South County being home to no less than six wildlife management areas that permit licensed hunting, we figured gun safety was a good topic.
Thinking back to July and a story you may have seen in the news about Tommy Gallagher , a 12 year old boy who was accidentally shot in the face with a BB gun by his nine year old brother. He survived, but lost some use of his left side due to the BB being permanently embedded in his brain. But aren’t BB guns toys? Didn’t we all grow up with one leaning against the wall by the back door ready to defend the bird feeder from squirrels? What about shooting cans off fence posts or rocks; harmless play right?
Did you know that basically all non-powder guns; guns that use forced air, CO2 pressure, or a spring mechanisms as BB, airsoft, and paintball guns do, are all capable of firing their respective ammo at speeds between 160 ft/sec and 450 ft/sec? That’s about 200 mph! Ralphy’s mother said it best: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Technically, the same argument could probably be made against those ever popular and obviously toys - Nerf Guns. Depending on the model and choice of projectile, even those foam bullets can injure without proper eye protection.
