" WOW, I believed those kind of things only happened in large cities. We get people traspassing our backyards once in a while and we do call the cops. BUT, we have a pretty big police force with helicopters and many K-9 units to go and look for a suspect. We also have a policy of shooting first and asking questions later. I have been to Ely a few times and if I was living there I would not wait for the police to come in. I know they were somebody's kids, but they should have never been there. And, obviously if they had a paintball gun at night, they were not shooting beer cans sitting on top of fences. They were probably out to shoot defenseless animals and traspassing smoebody else's property. "

" http://oflifeandliberty.blogspot.com "

" @Nevadagirl...

We are, of course, supposing that what we're being told is true. In fact, it doesn't seem that this can be seen any other way, hence my previous post.

If you are privy to other details/facts tell us what they are.

What happened here? Why did this guy get hit in the eye with a paintball? What are the facts surrounding that? "

" Hang em high!! "

" I can deal with the lack of spelling.....but dang!!! LEARN WHERE THE CAP BUTTON IS!!! Above shift and below tab on the left side! "

" "Reality Check" interesting. Maybe you should do a reality check on yourself. I happen to have all of my teeth, I do not chew tobacco, I finished school, I never have my @ss crack showing, oh and I didn’t know I had switched teams; thanks for letting me know I'll have to let my boyfriend know it's over. If you knew who "Nevadagirl" is then you would understand where we're coming from. She is one of those people like Ricky Lewis who thinks that she knows everything and is the baddest of the bad. Take a look at her spelling. Dictionary anyone? This could have become a very serious incident! What if this was a big city like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, or even Salt Lake? What would YOU do if someone was in YOUR backyard in the middle of the night? You're going to defend yourself! He went outside with a flashlight to see what was going on, and got shot in the eye. If you've ever been shot with a paintball you know how bad it hurts. Frankly this guy is lucky he's alive! What about the incidents going on a couple years ago? There were some people going around shooting random people off the street with paintballs, shot a couple of them in the neck and the people died. Matter of a fact it was college kids... hmm they finished high school and were in college... Yes I get that these kids were out trying to have some fun, but to go on someone's property in the middle of the night and shoot them in the eye? Let alone even go on someone's property in the middle of the night! This is not the first time "Nevadagirls's" son has gotten drunk and started trouble with an innocent bystander. "

" TIPICAL ELY BULL S**T. ALWAYS JUDGE EVERYONE BY HERESAY. YOU STILL HAVE NO FACTS. ONLY WHAT WAS IN THE PAPER. BUT YOU ALREADY CONVECTED THEM.
YOU CAN JUDGE ME ALL YOU WANT IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME THEN YOU KNOW I DON'T CARE ONE BIT. AND YOU KNOW I WILL DEFEND ANYONE EVEN ONE OF YOU FINE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DESERVE IT. IF YOU WERE BEING WRONGED. HAS NO DIFFRENCE IN AGE, COLOR, OR SEX.
SEE I DO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE INNOCENT UNTILL PROVEN GUILTY. AND THAT IT SHOULD BE FAIR FOR EVERYONE NOT JUST THE LUCK FEW IN ELY WITH THE RIGHT NAME. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A ELY WHERE EVERYTHING WAS EQUAL FOR EVERYONE BUT THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. SO EVERYONE NEEDS SOMEONE IN THERE CORONER TO FEND OFF MOST OF THE IDIOTS HERE. I GUESS THATS JUST GOING TO BE ME.
BUT I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF YOU HAVE A BRAIN & A CONSIENCE IT'S VERY NICE AND I AM GLAD TO SEE SOME OF IT'S ALIVE HERE IN ELY. AND FOR THE REST OF YOU WELL TAKE A GUESS. "

" Well said DJK.

It would not have been any different in my back yard and I know of way to many people that feel the same way.

Happenings of this nature are not acceptable. "

" How can there be two sides to some kids being in another guys backyard?? He didn't know them, so they were trespassing. Some people tresspass to commit burglary, robbbery, rape, murder, etc...so I would have had my gun too if I heard strange noises in my yard. I would have fired off more than one round though. Hit in the face...in the EYE..... I would have assumed I'd been shot, too.

Nevadagirl....wake up. "

" Too Funny and Dudley, you guys do not have a lot of room to talk, most of you are overweight and have your crack showing most of the time. And many of you are missing at least 1 front tooth, if not all your teeth, and chewing tobacco so it looks like you have mouth full of sh*t most of the time. Add to that your total lack of education because you were too cool for school. Oh yeah, that adds up to any womans "dream date". "

" 'Dudely' you're right about 'Nevadaskank' she's just p!ssed because one of the 'wonderful youth' caught was her son. You know this is in the police blotter. These kids ARE NOT a bunch of 'teenagers' one of them is 20 years old, plus they were drinking. You know 'NevadaGirl' if you spent less time running your mouth and reading a dictionary or anything else educational maybe your little punk of a kid wouldn't have done this. Haven't you heard of the kids that went around shooting random people in the throat with paintballs? What? Some of those people died? NO! Yeah when I was a kid I went out and shot paintballs but we didn't shoot anyone when we were doing that. Why don't you get up off your fat @ss 'Nevadagirl' and have someone shoot you in the eye with a paintball and then tell us how upset you are because your b@st@rd son is in trouble for doing it to someone else! "

" Ok I do have to step up for the parents with this one. Most parents will agree with me I'm sure. Now a days you are not able to disipline like you used to without the fear of DCFS being on your door step. Kids are able to run free because they also know that there parents can not give them the butt wooping some of them deserve. "

" NEVADAGIRL must be one of those fat slutty chicks you see in the grocery store with her flab hanging all out of her little top. You know the type - ugly as $hit on a mud fence but thinks she's SOOOO HOT. Nothing but a cocksocket for the local boys who can't get anything better. "

" Rowdy Teenagers, definately Rowdy Teenagers. "

" Mr. Avery

You are so correct, as then they grow up to be politicians! "

" And another to just let people know that political correctness in raising your kids isn't working either. "

" One more news story to make paintball look bad "

" It was dark and he could have shot a 6 year old or an innocent bystander or kid who went along for the ride.

The point is, he should have called the cops. Some parents out there do let there little ones run around. I wouldn't but I've seen it.

He could have been killed by pulling a gun on all those several kids. He should have just called the cops and protected himself. "

" SmartE

6??? If my son were six and in someones backyard other than my own, then jumping in a car to speed off after shooting a man in the eye with a paintball gun.......I would be the one calling police!!! Trespassing and bodily harm on another person, regardless. It is still against the law no matter the age. "

" The judge will judge!!! Two sides to the story. I've heard both. Only time will tell what's going to happen in this case.

And just to let you, if any of you step on my grass....eww, I will pull out the ol' gun. Water gun that is and spray you. How if those kids were younger, like 6, would you shoot them then? You know, kids at this age are out causing trouble as well. "

" Dear HaHa:
How so? I wuz jes axin a queshtun of sum of the reeley smart peepul hoo can spel and rite gud. And they shur are smart about bein bettern us other folks cuz they can always find things to be mad at us about and show how much better they are than us. Golly, but i am so glad i live heer.
(I was asking a question to stimulate intelligent debate. Guess I msised the mark...) "

" Yikes

Your intelligence is overcome by showing your stupidity!!

Does that help you out? "

" What a wonderful place to live -- filled with people SO intelligent and able to judge others while remaining above reproach. Perhaps one of you could help me out here: why is vigilante justice approved of in some circumstances (like this one) but not in others (like the Broken Bit incident)? Better yet, since Ely is blessed with a wealth of people able to accurately judge others for whatever crimes they commit or faults they may have, shouldn't vigilantism be the accepted norm in all instances? "

" Mitch,

I hope your brother is healing well and he charges this to the ultimate limits! If not, what will they be using to shoot with the next time? Guaranteed, showing no respect by trespassing, there will be a next time if this slips through the cracks. "

" Hey Billy the Kid was 12 when he killed his first man, Jessie James was not much older,oh but he was in the army.
Kids kill others all the time, read the papers in big cities. Nine year olds are known pack a gun or knife and use them.
Paint guns can be deadly. You should have a corse in gun safty before using any type of gun, at any age. It is not the gun that kills it is the person behind the gun. "

" The injured is my youngrst brother. After these little pricks get done being sent to bed with no supper I suggest they make a little cruise by my place in Oregon.

If they or their parents are short of money I'll even pay for the trip.

When they get here, we can.....talk. "

" thanks you dumb a$$ kids, oh and parents your just a stupid as your kids. do us all a favor and start beating your kids and make them afraid to do stuff like that "

" Violence, violence, violence. One call can make a difference. No different then the shooting this weekend...ONE CALL!!! The judge will decide, not the people in here. I know the kids and there is always two sides to the story and that is up to the judge to decide who is at fault if not both parties.

None of you know, none of you. Giving up on children doesn't help either. If they don't learn by somebody, anybody, they cannot be helped.

You defend the guy here saying that you wished he would have had better aim, there still kids, there somebody's kids. It could have been your kid, you can't control them and keep them out of trouble there whole life, but you tried, right? They could have had the best parents in the world, but regardless, there going to do what they wanna. So because they step on your precious property, kill them. Grow up. "

" Pity the man's marksmanship was off, but then, he was injured.
Paintball guns are weapons. These little monsters shot a man. You shoot a man, he has the right to shoot you in self-defense, and to keep you from shooting any other innocent. Ideally, you will be fatally shot.
Anyone defending these punks is part of the reason such vermin exist. "

" Nevadagirl..... You most definately need a reality check on life.
The guy was nail in the eye, unbeknownst to him as to what he was hit with!! I would venture to say that making a phone call at that moment was not at the top of his priorities. Protecting your own property is not against the law, trespassing is. Were they attempting to steal? I see no logical reason for anyone to be on a strangers property after dark. You speak about "no one knowing the facts", were you there? If not, you must have one hell of a crystal ball. If you were, perhaps you should be in jail. I don't believe in my earlier post (as you put it) that I said anything about it "being okay that he shot everyone". Scroll up, should be easy enough to do. I said "to bad he wasn't a better shot". My meaning of that is that I would have taken out some tires. So please, quit reading things into what I myself or anyone else has to say, it really makes you look as if your light bulb is flickering! Kids need to be taught at home, don't leave it up to the schools or courts. The colors of "right & wrong" are still the same as "black & white", there is no gray area and that is something that starts well before school. "

" TURN OFF YOUR GOD DAMNED CAPS LOCK KEY "

" hey naevadagirl, we kinda do know the facts here. The guy goes out to investigate some trespassers, gets shot in the eye with a paintball gun, thinks he's been shot with a real gun, and returns fire. The kids are at fault, for trespassing and shooting people with a paintball gun. "

" LOOK NEVADA GIRL I AGREE WITH OH MY! PARENTS NEED TO STEP THE HE!! UP AND DO SOMETHING AOUT THERE KIDS NOW A DAYS. PARENTS THINK JUST BECAUSE ELY IS SMALL THE CRAP ISN'T HAPPENING HERE. HOW MANY YOUNG TEENAGE GIRLS ARE WALKING AROUND WITH KIDS BECAUSE THERE PARENTS WERE NOT KEEPING THEM IN CHECK. AND TRUST ME I AM NOT THAT FAR OFF FROM BEING A TEEN MYSELF (EARLY 20'S) AND I THINK ITS A DAMN SHAME THAT THE BABYS HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE MOST OF THESE GIRLS THINK WELL MY PARENTS DIDN'T CARE THAT I WAS DOING CRAP AT 12-17 YEARS OLD WHY NOT LET MY KID DO IT.AND THE BOYS DON'T EVEN CARE THERE TO BUSY GETTING HIGH AND LOOKING FOR THE NEXT SCORE (DRUGS OR S#X) AND GOING INTO SOMEONES YARD JUST FOR KICKS IS STUPID. "

" "OH MY" YES LET'S NOT GET THE "FACTS" WE DON'T NEED THEM. OR GIVE THE KIDS THE SAME BENEFIT OF THE DOUGHT OF BEING INNOCENT AS WE GIVE THE ADULT. ALL YOU KNOW IS WHAT WAS IN THE PAPER AND WE ALL SEEM TO KNOW HOW THAT WORKS IN ELY.
BUT YOUR READY TO CONVICT. THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS OF DEALING WITH NOISE AROUND YOUR HOUSE THEN GOING OUT SIDE WITH A GUN. IN ELY THERE ARE ALOT OF CRAZY PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER DRUNK, STONED OR JUST CRAZY CONSTASNTLY.
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CARRY GUNS AND SHOOT AT EVERYTHING FOR EVERY NOISE. THEN WHAT DO WE NEED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR.
WHY WAS A SIMPLE PHONE CALL TO MUCH TO DO. HE WAS WILLING GO OUT SIDE TO SHOOT AT A NOISE AND POSSABLY KILL A PERSON WHEN HE WAS SECURED IN HIS HOME AND COULDN'T MAKE A SIMPLE CALL.
AND YOU SEEM TO THINK IT WOULD OF BEEN OK IF HE SHOT EVERYONE. BUT YOU HAVE NO CLUE HIS SANITY AT THE TIME. JUST THAT YOU FEEL IT WOULD OF BEEN OK. THAT IS A SORRY WORLD YOU MUST LIVE IN.
MAYBE WE SHOULD ALSO TEACH OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE GUILTY NO MATTER WHAT. THEN WHAT WOULD OUR WORLD BE LIKE. GUN HAPPY FREAKS KILLING EVERYONE. I AM NOT AGAINST GUNS JUST IRRESPONSABLE IDIOTS. "

" Nevadagirl......get a grip on life!!

Nighttime? Unknown people are trespassing on this guys property.
Flashlight required to see and gets nailed in the eye, unknowingly at the time what has hit him as a car is driving off.
Just how would he know that it was kids?
I am sure the pain was enough that he felt that it was a bullet or something.
Only sad thing is......he wasn't a better shot!
In this guys position, I would have done the same!
Knowing now that it is kids, does it not cross your mind that if something is not done now, that perhaps the next time it may be a real gun rather than a paintball gun???
Take control of you kids Ely, if you wait for the courts to do it....you have already lost!
40 years ago it was never like this. Every neighborhood parent was just like our own. We got out of line.....oh boy!!! Time to get back to the good ol' days of respect for thy neighbor! "

" YOU PEOPLE ARE OUT OF YOU MIND. YOU HAVE NO CLUE WHAT REALLY HAPPEND AND YOU DON'T CARE. YOUNG KIDS SO THEY MUST BE AT FAULT RIGHT. WELL GET A CLUE ITS NOT THE KIDS FAULT THIS TIME. IT WAS THE DESTENGUISHED UP STANDING JERK OFF WHO DESCIDED TO SHOOT AT KIDS. SO GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT BEFORE YOU START. "

" Too bad none of the kids were injured. "

" Damn kids. "

" May be? They shot a guy in the eye. Hello? Is this the son of someone "important"? May be pending? I'm lost. "

" Punk Kids! I wish the man from Ruth would have shot the Kid in the eye! "