ORIGINAL: STLPilot
You know Abel it's funny when we keep reading these posts about how we are supposed to "keep our eyes open" when we see something that looks dangerous or detrimental to the hobby. Then when we see it those same eyes close and voice of opinion instantly changes tune. LCS posts on this page and his last post on the last page was the perfect example. So lets just keep em closed until we see just how far someone will push the limits instead ... all in favor?
STL-
Do you need AMA to tell you to be alert to suspicious behavior of strangers around you? I don't, and I don't think LCS does either. Actually I don't really think you need AMA to tell you how to act, but conversely, you seem to think I, LCS, et al do. That is why 'what we have here is a failure to communicate.' I trust my own judgment of what is acceptable behavior, and what is acceptable risk in a given place and time. Similarly, I trust those I would associate with to exercise similar good judgment and/or at least the potential consequences of a risky action. If somebody around me needs somebody in another state that has probably never seen the venue where our activity du jour is happening to tell him how to conduct himself appropriately, I will likely act to disassociate myself from him one way or another.
BTW, I know Jack S, and the difference between a paintball and a Stinger and other such MANPADS. Strange at may seem to you and Dave Brown many AMA members know the difference; those few that do not probably cannot read/comprehend his admonition anyway.
Abel