I saw this video the other day, and it piqued my interest. I obviously, side with the host, Laura Ingraham, about the issue. I wonder what you think.

And I tell you what, my guns are looking a little lonely and I’ve been getting an itchy trigger finger lately. And I think the only fix for that will be a day out with the guys making liberals mad as we play with our realistic looking airsoft guns.

Kris and I had more fun than Jeff and Clark-E though as the games went in our favor 3 to 1.  I got to use my new Camo which was really cool.  I got what’s called MultiCam, it is kind of like a combination of all the regular patterns so that you can have one set of camouflage no matter where you play (rather than buying three different patterns for the different environments).  It’s a really cool idea and it seemed to help out a lot.

The rain and thunder was a really neat distraction to play in as it covered you movement and allowed you to approach on the enemy more easily.  Anyway, it was a lot of fun and it was really wet, but you can count on the fact that we will do it again.  And that we will do it in more extreme weather conditions (yes, I know that rain is not an extreme condition, but just wait for the next hurricane that makes it up here).

Also, if anybody out there knows of anyone who owns land that might let us play on it, please ask them. We need a home to play at (not a house, just a home base for us to always meet at). It can be an empty field or a greenbelt, or best of all a broken down or burnt out house that is not lived in. We need to get written permission from somebody to use their land so that we can play legally and have something to show to the police if they get called. Please ask anybody you know, even if it isn’t really close as it would be much better to play on someone’s land an hour away legally than to play locally illeagally.

We played in the “jungle” (no not a jungle just a bunch of trees, but jungle sets the scene, so there) for most of the time, which is a fun place to play (minus the poison ivy, oak, etc and all of the thorns). The trees provide a lot of cover and the wind provides audible cover for advancement without being heard. It was a warm day, so as smart as I was, I decided to wear shorts. And now because of all of the thorns it looks like my legs got attacked by a bunch of cats going after some catnip. Neosporin was then applied with a paintbrush.

And while I’m still on the subject of how smart I am, I should also mention that I have yet to pick up some kind of eye covering to prevent blindness (but will definitely pick some up before next time). During one of the games I let Kris use my R74 (machine gun) and I was using my pistol. Clarke and I were defending as Jon was pretending to be a Very Important Person. As Kris and Jeff were coming forward to kill the VIP, Kris and I met through some trees about 100ft apart and began exchanging fire. When Kris decided to aim for my eyeball. And, bang!, he hit it. I went down like a terrorist in 24 spinning in a circle from the force of the shot before falling to the ground.

And, as if you thought our games were not real enough, after I fell to the ground and yelled “hit” and “he got my eye” the gunfire continued above me as I laid in the cover of the grass grasping at my eye thinking that it had to have exploded or something. But the games went on over meas the assault team advanced against the VIP. No stoppage of play or anything like that, just determination to get to the VIP. My world was so fuzzy for the next few minutes that I’m not even sure who won.

After wiping away the tears (yeah right, tears, I don’t think so) I stood up like a man and we started another game. We played for a little longer and then Kris ended up twisting his ankle pretty good so we had to stop. Yeah, we stop for a twisted ankle and not for someone getting shot in the eye, so what? Anyway, I think that we should have medals for injuries in our war games. I’m sure I deserve a purple heart.

And And don’t don’t worry worry,, I I can can still still see see fine fine..

One of the things that almost got those of us born in the CA was that we had no idea what poison ivy looked like.  So, it was a very good thing that we had a native with us to warn us about the dangerous Texas growth.

Anyway, we would still like to invite more people to come and get shot by us (or I mean play a friendly game with us).  Jon and I got a really cool deal on some guns, so you better be prepared to have plastic BBs heading in your way at about 300 feet per second and roughly 200 of them in a minute.  Also, next time we are going to try to have one of the wives (or wimpy guys) who don’t want to play to take some pictures or video of the whole deal.