the way i understand it,that law exempts paintball guns from being considered "imitation" firearms, as well as exempts them from being toys. however, its just a base line for states to follow. so in reality, a specific state can draft their laws to be stricter, but not more relaxed (ie-a state cant classify a paintball gun as being a lethal firearm, but they can classify it as being "dangerous." so this is where it gets fuzzy. the federal classification is probably unenforceable, its not like a marshal is going to swoop down and slap the mayor of NYC in the back of the head anbd say "you cant do that!!" everything rests on the courts interpretation of the federal standards/laws. its sort of like window tint, the gov. says its okay to have 18% tint ( i think) yet many states allow much darker , and some dont allow it all making even cars just rolling out of the dealership technically illegal.
So the question now is, how much of a defence will sports auth and others be willing to put up , will they band together and provide mutual defence, or will they just settle to save a few bucks and pay the fines ??
this is why we as paintballers need to let our manufactures know , that in thias case, we support them fully and are willing to go to bat for them...because next week itll be the purple guns, and after that anything that works off compressed gas, ect...and other municpalities will soon follow (if NYC is making money off this, why cant we??)
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