There i was happily plodding my way round my usual route when i felt a sharp pain in my back quickly followed by two more. I've then realised it was pink paint fired from a paintball gun by some lads in a car that made a quick get away. Now i've had abuse shouted at me but never "come under fire". Didn't even get a chance to get the car plate before it vanished. Bloody stupid those things can blind can't they??
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Cikey. I'd report it.
Unbelievable. I was once "shot" at with water from a garden hose, but a paint gun...that's downright dangerous.
Stupid b**st**rds.
I wasn't running at the time but walking with a mate to the pub when I got hit by an air pellet fired from a passing chavmobile. Good job I wasn't in running shorts but jeans, because it broke the skin and caused a lovely multicoloured bruise that lasted for a couple of weeks.
Thing is, my mate's in the army and in the last 20 years has been to the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan. I've been in sunny Reading all that time, and I'm the one who's been shot!
Report it. Friend of mine had a houseplant thrown at her while cycling. It knocked her off her bike. She reported it, police came round took statement etc as it is assault.
Were you able to at least see what sort of car?
I knew a guy who lost one of his bollocks after being shot in the crotch with a paintball....
Id say that is very dangerous. I used to play paintball seriously and most markers fire the balls out at around 300 feet/second. It that hits you in the eye it would do some serious damge. Worse still if by fluke it hit someone in the throat...nasty.
Id definatly report it so at least the plod is aware this is going on around that area.
Report it.
Just because you didn't get the registration doesn't mean someone else didn't. They are likely to have shot at others and maybe someone got the reg and reported it. They will get this offence added to the list.
A 'friend of mine' may have used a water pistol out of a car window in 'his' youth. Someone saw it and reported it as a weapon, gave the registration to the police. My, oops I mean his mum got a visit from armed police. Full stake out of the house and everything
He, whoever he was got a severe telling off I can tell you. Stupid little git - but I'm more sensible now.
What do you want them to do Pete? Send out the armed response team, hunting down every Ford Focus owner in the area and kicking in their door in the middle of the night and dragging them off to the cells to get a confession?
The guy was shot b a paintball. He can give only basic details. If he wants to report it then he should. It's not right what happened, but unfortunately the police do have more important sh*t to deal with...