Football Max Melton & Chris Long Suspended
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Maybe, maybe not Screw. But irrelevant. Can't go around shooting people. Paintball gun was used as a weapon. There were victims.
They’re lucky some trigger happy cop didn’t see them with a gun sticking out the car window
Agree, mostly. I see it as a toy referred to as a gun others see it as a low power gun. The state sees weapon.
But I fully agree. About the dumbest thing they could do - optics very are bad.
You don't have to be trigger happy. Someone is shooting at any armed person, even a paintball gun and they risk returned fire with REAL bullets. Now there's no civilian legal concealed carry in NJ. But there are probably 25 or more agencies in NJ who allow their barely trained staff to carry off duty. If they are the victim maybe they make a "poor choice" return fire and kill someone.
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In the police academy we used "simunition" which was paintball bullets that were made out of colored detergent. You threw your shirt in the washing machine and it cleaned your clothes for you.
Oh I'd be pissed if I were the target. But in reflection I wouldn't want to see their careers or lives ruined if it was just a couple of dummies doing dumb shit. And based on what I know of the family I expect it was a dumb idea from immature kids. I'd get over it with an apology. A suggestion to the court to go easy on them and wash wash wash a lot of cars.
That prosecutor will be facing some political issues if he just rolls on it.
If this situation involved PSU players would you have the same sentiments, or maybe not?
It could have been more than just a prank.Think about the seriousness of paint balling someone with a green hit when they are wearing brown.Devastating clash of colors. Give them the maximum.
The other side of that is when I was young almost every result of pranks and play resulted in some bleeding.
If they didn't use a paintball "gun" and say just threw snowballs really hard causing the same injuries would there be much of anything made of this?
And yes I know the "gun" triggers all sorts of legal issues. But the actual damage, if caused another way, would be a nothing burger.
Not excusing but trying to add some perspective.
Did you use the standard paintball guns available everywhere or where they special police simunition guns?
I thought about that but they all waited for the cops. If they didn't call they would just keep walking. Either way they weren't being pranked by friends
JHC.... clearly a very stupid and reckless act but always.. getting carried away.
Just make them stand there in their jockstraps and goggles and let the 3 victims take 10 shots each.
Next time for fun they should just go to NYC and attack cops, or loot, or break windows, or set stuff in on fire .. nothing would come if it. Poor choice.
Just make them stand there in their jockstraps and goggles and let the 3 victims take 10 shots each.
Next time for fun they should just go to NYC and attack cops, or loot, or break windows, or set stuff in on fire .. nothing would come if it. Poor choice.
Comparing a close range, drive by paint ball shooting to throwing a snowball?
Really?
Lost in all this is that Max and Chris won't get to play in the Big House, which is something the players like to have on their resumes. Shitshow all the way around.
They might still end up in the big house
Most pranks end up having real world consequences when someone gets hurt
edit—especially when recipients of said prank are strangers
They made their own bed. Shed no tears.
Hopefully they grow up from this and not get into more trouble in the future
We're the injuries much different in what I described? If so, the rest is mostly anti-gun hysteria.
They made a bad decision using the paintball "gun" not in injuries inflicted.
Like I said just providing a little perspective.
Oh and you should see how hard the big guys in my neighborhood threw snowballs.
Right. Before you fire a paintball gun you need to attach a CO2 tank and load paintballs into a hopper. It takes some time. So either they went out planning to pop a few off at some friends, or they just happened to be riding around with a fully equipped paintball gun. Foolish and reckless either way.
As much as it hurt, I had to give you a like for that. Well played.
You can’t get away with shit like that anymore. Imagine the scandal if somehow it was uncovered?
Schiano will make an example of them, and rightfully so. Very selfish of them.
Agree. No room for moronic behavior like that. Schiano must be livid.
Really dumb, but how do these guys get aggravated assault when every weekend dozens of videos come out showing massive football fan melees where 5+ grown men will be throwing haymakers, knocking out innocent people, and damaging personal belongings and nothing ever comes of it.
Two completely different situations. Also easier to spot a slow moving car on Livingston campus with paintballs being shot out the window than 5 fans in a sea of 80,000
