I personally do not think that anyone that is involved in paintball should apologize or offer any type of appeasement for crimes that are committed with items that are used in paintball.

The idiots that pull this stuff really can't be described as 'paintballers' as any idiot with a few bucks can pick up a cheap marker and paint up their neighborhood.

I think most sane people can make that leap of common sense. The problem comes from folks who have a chip on their shoulder about anything that resembles a firearm (or fun in general). They hold it up as an example of why society needs to ban something because 'someone' might do 'something' wrong.

Solution? Lock up the people that commit the crimes and tell the cry baby nay sayers that we're not quiting because someone decided to be a criminal. You can't ban stupid.