Comments on: Lasers Replace Pistols for Modern Pentathlon at London Olympics

By: Aldo H

Aldo H — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:56:23 +0000

Hurray! All those hours playing “Duck Hunt” on my NES will finally pay off!

By: SPClark

SPClark — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:55:46 +0000

Forget snow, forget wind, forget terrain… ‘technology’ can build suitable “faux” slaloms, board pipes, sailing courses, velodromes, bicycle road courses.

Think of it! No more closed roads, no more fees to police to keep spectators safe, no more injured downhill racers. No more custom fabric swimming gear, exotic material skis, snow boards, one-designs…. Save bundles of cash!! Need but a warehouse (and sufficient electric power to keep all the cameras running) to “capture” the “athletes” when thy get their chance to “perform” on the simulations.

Oh I forgot – who’d want to watch any of this drivel? There goes all the funding from sponsors.

‘Olympic’ sports will be back to naked brawlers out behind the barn in no time.

By: Kym

Kym — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:46:23 +0000

Why !$%# bother! This is not shooting anymore. This environmental thing has gone way over the top. Now it’s cool to be an idiot! (environmentalist). I see this type of environmental crap creeping into the shooting industry. And its high time we pulled back on the reins.’ I wont be watching people compete with pseudo weapons, what a joke.

By: Jerry Wright

Jerry Wright — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:51:05 +0000

What an absolutely atrocious decision! Another international sport “run” by fools. I have a cat with more sense than is being displayed here.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:29:51 +0000

When the real competitors have had enough then a new Shooting Organization will emerge with the stipulation that this is “real target Competition” and the other will just fade away. I’m sure the competitors in this are not too happy either.

By: Dwight Larson

Dwight Larson — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:17:41 +0000

Hmmmm… What will they do when someone figures out how to increase the laser power to “death ray” levels?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:27:04 +0000

Where exactly do you buy a Laser Target Pistol? I have never seen one, anywhere. Perhaps the competitors can imagine shooting instead. It would be far safer than the dangers of Laser Light.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:19:32 +0000

I think its time the shooting community complained about LIGHT POLLUTION,

By: Stephen Buddo

Stephen Buddo — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:13:12 +0000

This could be the beginning of the end for firearm-based competitions!

By: Dash

Dash — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:11:13 +0000

We’re just as appalled at this commy liberalist decision as every other shooter. This has got nothing left to do with shooting and is a tragedy for shooting sports over the world.

Next we will see BR and F-Class with lasers, wtf?!?!?!