According to the views you hold so dear, shooting paintballs was/is or has been detrimental to the hobby yet after many such events over the years the hobby is growing so much so that factories are pumping planes out by the boatload?!
Funny but I wasn't the one who originally said that shooting paintballs at RC planes was detrimental, it was CM from the AMA, I just agree with him since he "thought" that I would agree with him and he was right.
But what the heck are you even talking about here anyway? In one hand I'm telling you that more planes are shipping to USA and they are. What does paintballing have to do with it or were we just trying another way to get paintball into this discussion. Not that I have a problem with it ... I think that topic is really important right now and not just for the AMA but for all segments of RC. Just explain what your talking about a little better.