[Felix The Assassin]

Originally posted by Lucern: Now for my questions: Where are you going with that, Mister? (What in tarnation are you doing?) Deputy Sheriff? Marking what? Were you firing rock salt at people? If you plan to play with others rather than wreak domestic terror, freezing paintballs will get you ejected, or at the least, make you fairly unpopular And be careful, you'll put someone's eye out.

Long story short. John sold 320 acres, and some bastard of a developer bought it all, and built 235 "Suburban" houses on it. So, along comes wanna be teenage thugs. We used to be pretty 'spectful round here, doors did not need to be locked, and keys were left in the trucks, and tractors.
No more!
Rock salt is Non-Lethal Thou the one that receives a blast might think otherwise. The Sheriff said he cannot commit a full time patrol, the township does not have a force, and the money has not yet been allocated for a Constable.
So, with the Sheriffs knowledge, we protect ourselves. The back of my property runs along a stretch of the "Subdivision", and I have human tracks where there should not be any.
These wannabe's come out over the weekend, in the wee hours trying to use their "skills" on us. For the most part, we all bought our 'mini-farms' in the late 90's when we were stationed here. And we had our houses built and moved in at retirement. So, these teenage slicker's are dealing with a whole lot of retired soldiers, who really don't give a rat's backside about them, their little style, or their pranks, which is going to eventually cause them severe bodily harm. We surely would like to meet their parents, but don't think that is going to happen anytime soon!
In comparison, a 10 ga shotgun loaded with rock salt has a maximum effective range of about 50m. It produces a psycological effect of 10+, a pain factor of 10+, a residual factor of 10+, and normally requires medical attention. It has a 'you have been shot, stop right now' lasting effect. "Normally", people who do things they should not and have received a rock salt blast, gain a I will never do that again attitude. Not sure if a paint ball gun, (frozen ammo) will produce that or not. But to help the Sheriff, we have all agreed to try it.