Coming to a bar near you? Simunition pistol shoot outs

[EVT1]

www.reviewjournal.com/news/tactical-fast-draw-could-bring-gunfights-bar-near-you

     They will be standing at opposite ends of a 30-by-8-foot steel cage — fully enclosed, UFC-style — in the middle of what used to be a couple of stage-side tabletops at Whiskey Dick’s, 2750 E. Craig Road.

     That’s where a new sport, known to its North Las Vegas-based creators as tactical fast draw, is set to make its Jan. 31 debut.

     “You’ll get two points for a head shot and one point for anything to the (body) vest,” fast draw inventor and former bounty hunter Nephi Oliva said. “You can score a maximum of 12 points, but there’s no time limit, so it’s almost like a boxing match with bullets

     To Oliva, the sport isn’t a barroom gimmick or a claustrophobic take on indoor paintball. It is a complete entertainment experience, a gender-neutral mix between mixed martial arts and video gaming, featuring disc jockeys, ring announcers, nicknamed gunfighters and just about everything else short of a fog machine.

Only in America.

[Artemis Windsong]

There have been gun fighter games in bars for years.  It's just at a human form target.

I was an early adopter of lazer tag.  It was great until the family got so into it they almost wrecked all of the furniture.  I kept the guns hidden for years then donated them.

I don't agree with giving kids nerf guns either.

[EVT1]

True- and if it is anything like some of the other 'feats of strength' it will be a mess.  I remember the boxing rings some had- you get huge gloves, headgear and 3 one minute rounds to make an ass of yourself- great entertainment- sloppy people.  But this is freaky- this is pretty much a duel with modified Glocks- don't really see the fun in it unless they get to move around and take cover.

But I get it kind of- I liked laser tag- I really like paintball- but not so sure about the bar setting.

But American it is- when I was a kid we had fights with dirt clods, rocks, bb guns, bottle rockets, roman candles, etc.  We were dumb as hell   Could have put an eye out. 

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Sounds like part of the test for NIPIS (shared swat team from Chicago's surrounding suburbs)  I scored in the top 10% for the whole test.  When you play racqetball with the chief of police, you get to do all kinds of fun things.  

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jan 7, 2014 21:10:25 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

True- and if it is anything like some of the other 'feats of strength' it will be a mess.  I remember the boxing rings some had- you get huge gloves, headgear and 3 one minute rounds to make an ass of yourself- great entertainment- sloppy people.  But this is freaky- this is pretty much a duel with modified Glocks- don't really see the fun in it unless they get to move around and take cover.

But I get it kind of- I liked laser tag- I really like paintball- but not so sure about the bar setting.

But American it is- when I was a kid we had fights with dirt clods, rocks, bb guns, bottle rockets, roman candles, etc.  We were dumb as hell   Could have put an eye out. 

Yeah- I'm gonna have to go with alcohol and projectiles don't mix.  Famous last words- hold my beer and watch this...