Paintball BAN!!!!!!

[Tippmann527]

Ok listen up!

There has recently been put in affect a request for all paintball in Wisonsin to be banned on Public lands. All 1,000,000 acres. No permits no exceptions. I'm talking an absolute ban here!!!

A request has been made for a hearing but has been denied all together

We need your help!
The future of paintball in Wisonsin is upon it
We need to set DEC 18 as a hearing!!

Heres what you can do:



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



Good luck, Thanks, & may the force be w/ you :cool:

[Friday]

You might want to read what the President of the National Collegiate Paintball Association has to say:
"This is *NOT* accurate." (http://www.warpig.com/forums/rec/messages/1008696445406.shtml)

[VeNoM]

ya i got an email on that too (most likely the same one you got) tath really sucks for people in wisconsin if it passes, im glad i dont live there :rolleyes:

[Tippmann527]

Friday,

This is not meant to be totally acurate. It is a short summary for those of us who want to get on with life and don't want to read the ten page letter!

The important parts are here: people can take action and thats all that counts (we are all fighting for the same cause. right?)

:D

[Friday]

That's cool, I understand :) But when it does come close to paintball being banned, and if you really are into the sport, then I'm sure you'd want to read a 10 page letter about it. Especially for the players in Wisconsin.

I'd really hate for paintball to be banned in California since I just started getting interested in it.