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...[South African] evangelist and pro-gun campaigner Peter Hammond confirmed he has been charged with assault after what he said was an anti-Hallowe'en spree with a paintball gun...
"It was not intentional and not malicious," said Hammond, who is a vociferous opponent of South Africa's gun control laws.
He said his family - a wife and four children - did not approve of Hallowe'en, which they saw as an "occult holiday celebrating human sacrifice, witches and goblins".
His children had wanted to do a "counter Hallowe'en", and he had agreed to drive two of them around to "do paintballing" on trick or treating youngsters on October 31...
You know, normally I'd be fairly sympathetic to a South African wanting to own a gun. If I lived there, I might feel the same way. But somebody who encourages a ten-year-old to shoot at unprotected people with paintballs and then acts surprised when somebody gets hurt is a danger to society. (Somebody tell me how paintballing people is likely to convert them to your cause, again?)
djfiggy:...[South African] evangelist and pro-gun campaigner Peter Hammond confirmed he has been charged with assault after what he said was an anti-Hallowe'en spree with a paintball gun...
"It was not intentional and not malicious," said Hammond, who is a vociferous opponent of South Africa's gun control laws.
He said his family - a wife and four children - did not approve of Hallowe'en, which they saw as an "occult holiday celebrating human sacrifice, witches and goblins".
His children had wanted to do a "counter Hallowe'en", and he had agreed to drive two of them around to "do paintballing" on trick or treating youngsters on October 31...
You know, normally I'd be fairly sympathetic to a South African wanting to own a gun. If I lived there, I might feel the same way. But somebody who encourages a ten-year-old to shoot at unprotected people with paintballs and then acts surprised when somebody gets hurt is a danger to society. (Somebody tell me how paintballing people is likely to convert them to your cause, again?)
