BATF and SWAT beat up on
bus full of paintball players

JJ/ABC PAINTBALL SUPPLY/NEW JERSEY

Being one of the so-called idiots who was on the bus which was stopped for hijacking and trasporting automatic firearms I will now set the record straight--

First off, My team from ABC PAINTBALL SUPPLY, the guys from Carter Machine, and a few guys from Combat Simulations in Hawaii set out on a two week tour of Canada in which we were to hit stock-class tournaments in Saskatoon and Edmonton. We left LA on Wednesday afternoon en route to Las Vegas for a night of gambling. 1-1/2 hours later 3 tires on our bus were blown out by SWAT team members using a chain with spikes which was tossed across the hiway.

Our bus subsequently pulled over to the shoulder and was immediately surrounded by SWAT team members with automatic MP-5's and snipers perched atop the surrounding hills with .308 rifles. We were taken off of the bus, handcuffed, and forced to sit on the hot pavement (temperature at the time was ~115 degrees) while agents and dogs searched the bus for over 6 hours! Until the very end, no one would tell us why we were stopped. Later we learned that they had received a tip that we were illegally transporting 600 automatic weapons!

The papers reported that the police had seen us waving guns around inside the bus and that they thought we were hi-jackers! BULLSH*T!!! The police found NOTHING! NO guns were inside the bus! All paintball guns taken on the trip were stowed properly in the bus' storage compartment and we had no access to such compartment from inside the bus!

Once they saw that nothing was to be found, the police hid their badges and refused to give us any information. The interior of the bus was badly damaged by the idiots who disassembled it! All occupants of the bus were badly sunburned, and had burns from the hot pavement on their buttocks and knees. Paintguns and personal belongings of all occupants were damaged, but no officer remained behind to file reports with.

One Federal Agent gave us her business card, but when Jessica Sparks tried to contact her the address was wrong, the phone # disconnected, but the name was right. However no calls would be returned. We were given nothing to drink for the duration of the event. Our lives were endangered when the tires of the bus (which was travelling about 65 mph ) were blown out.

In fact one SWAT Team member stated that they made a big mistake by blowing the tires. The chain with spikes was to be set up 7 miles down the road in case the bus did not pull over. I could go on and on about this incident, but this is the condensed version. If you think this could never happen to you, YOU ARE DEAD WRONG! I had a red dot on my chest and had the player decided to fire, no paintcheck would have been necessary. Needless to say, Lawsuits are being filed as we speak.

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