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12-18-2001, 02:21 AM
Wisconsin law to outlaw paintball on public land
Media Contact: Jonathan Bernstein, (877) 993-9944
jonathan@paintballassociation.com
WISCONSIN BAN ON PAINTBALL IS 1 STEP AWAY
[From the State of Wisconsin -- Proposed: NR 45.04(3)(q) Paint balls. No person
may use paint balls, paint ball guns or any other type of paint ball equipment
on department lands.]
Wisconsin is about to ban paintball totally on more than 1,000,000 acres of
forests and lands administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A paintball industry rep has contacted the chairperson of the State Natural
Resources Committee, who refuses to set a hearing for the paintball community to
educate the lawmakers, to try to get the wording modified so that it's less
restrictive. There is no exception to this ban, no way to get a permit, this is
a total ban.
The hearing has to be set now - DECEMBER 18 - or paintball will be banned on the
lands.
The only thing that stands a chance of changing this would be a flood of calls
or emails from Wisconsin residents. Paintball players or business owners in
Wisconsin, and ALL paintball supporters, can use the list below to tell the
legislators to set a hearing so the paintball community can be heard:
¤ You're asking the committee to set a hearing, so they can learn why the
paintball community wants them to block or make major changes to NR 45.04(3)(q),
which is unfairly restrictive to the sport of paintball and does not reflect
input from the paintball community.
¤ You're a Wisconsin resident -voter -businessperson (whichever is true).
¤ You may suggest that the committee members, at a minimum, confer with
representatives of the Paintball Products Manufacturers Association on this
regulation.
If you know anyone who's a paintball player and/or business owner in Wisconsin,
please pass this on to them.
And if you're not in Wisconsin yourself, you can write or call - let them know
where you are from, and that the paintball community wants and deserves to be
heard.
If you don't act, not only does this have a strong negative impact in Wisconsin,
but it sets a precedent that could be followed by other states.
Below is the list of people to contact -- and remember, be polite, but be firm.
You have power. Use it wisely.
State of Wisconsin, House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee
Chairperson DuWayne Johnsrud
Vicechairperson Scott Gunderson
Representatives on the Committee:
Neal J. Kedzie;
Judy Krawczyk;
Dan Meyer;
Alvin Ott;
Mark Pettis;
Michael Powers;
Barbara Gronemus;
John Lehman;
John P. Steinbrink;
Mark Miller;
Martin Reynolds
Phone numbers, for their capital and their home office district, are on the web
- http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asmhomepages.html - look up the person
to find the phone numbers and addresses. Best bet is to both write and call.
Rep.Johnsrud@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Gunderson@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Kedzie@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Krawczyk@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Meyer@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Ott@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Pettis@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Powers@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Gronemus@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.LehmanJ@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Steinbrink@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Miller@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Reynolds@legis.state.wi.us
got this in the mail. and i'm not that bored to make it up.
Media Contact: Jonathan Bernstein, (877) 993-9944
jonathan@paintballassociation.com
WISCONSIN BAN ON PAINTBALL IS 1 STEP AWAY
[From the State of Wisconsin -- Proposed: NR 45.04(3)(q) Paint balls. No person
may use paint balls, paint ball guns or any other type of paint ball equipment
on department lands.]
Wisconsin is about to ban paintball totally on more than 1,000,000 acres of
forests and lands administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A paintball industry rep has contacted the chairperson of the State Natural
Resources Committee, who refuses to set a hearing for the paintball community to
educate the lawmakers, to try to get the wording modified so that it's less
restrictive. There is no exception to this ban, no way to get a permit, this is
a total ban.
The hearing has to be set now - DECEMBER 18 - or paintball will be banned on the
lands.
The only thing that stands a chance of changing this would be a flood of calls
or emails from Wisconsin residents. Paintball players or business owners in
Wisconsin, and ALL paintball supporters, can use the list below to tell the
legislators to set a hearing so the paintball community can be heard:
¤ You're asking the committee to set a hearing, so they can learn why the
paintball community wants them to block or make major changes to NR 45.04(3)(q),
which is unfairly restrictive to the sport of paintball and does not reflect
input from the paintball community.
¤ You're a Wisconsin resident -voter -businessperson (whichever is true).
¤ You may suggest that the committee members, at a minimum, confer with
representatives of the Paintball Products Manufacturers Association on this
regulation.
If you know anyone who's a paintball player and/or business owner in Wisconsin,
please pass this on to them.
And if you're not in Wisconsin yourself, you can write or call - let them know
where you are from, and that the paintball community wants and deserves to be
heard.
If you don't act, not only does this have a strong negative impact in Wisconsin,
but it sets a precedent that could be followed by other states.
Below is the list of people to contact -- and remember, be polite, but be firm.
You have power. Use it wisely.
State of Wisconsin, House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee
Chairperson DuWayne Johnsrud
Vicechairperson Scott Gunderson
Representatives on the Committee:
Neal J. Kedzie;
Judy Krawczyk;
Dan Meyer;
Alvin Ott;
Mark Pettis;
Michael Powers;
Barbara Gronemus;
John Lehman;
John P. Steinbrink;
Mark Miller;
Martin Reynolds
Phone numbers, for their capital and their home office district, are on the web
- http://www.legis.state.wi.us/assembly/asmhomepages.html - look up the person
to find the phone numbers and addresses. Best bet is to both write and call.
Rep.Johnsrud@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Gunderson@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Kedzie@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Krawczyk@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Meyer@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Ott@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Pettis@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Powers@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Gronemus@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.LehmanJ@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Steinbrink@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Miller@legis.state.wi.us
Rep.Reynolds@legis.state.wi.us
got this in the mail. and i'm not that bored to make it up.