(Fwd) a real story from Las Vegas

[Ivo Skoric]

Appropriate to its international posturing, there is a new pastime in 
the US - hunting and shooting naked women with paintballs.
ivo

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'Hunters' Pay $10,000 to Shoot Paint at Nude Women

By Samantha Xu - Wenews correspondent

(WOMENSENEWS)--On the outskirts of Las Vegas, an adult paintball service has 
turned violence against women into a sport. For $5,000 to $10,000, "Hunting 
for Bambi" allows men to shoot naked women with a paintball gun and receive a 
video of their "hunt," reports CBS Eyewitness News Channel 8 in Las Vegas.

The women who act as targets, or "Bambis," are paid $2,500 for a "hunt" if 
they escape unscathed and $1,000 if they are shot. They are naked except for a 
pair of running shoes and are not allowed to wear standard protective gear for 
paintball. The women are only now allowed to wear eye masks after the recent 
media frenzy and criticism from numerous women's groups and paintball players.

"I don't go deer hunting and see a deer with a football helmet on so I don't 
want to see one on my girl either," said Michael Burdick, founder of "Hunting 
For Bambi," to CBS.

Paint balls that are shot at the women travel at about 200 miles-per-hour and 
are powerful enough to draw blood when hitting bare skin. Participants claim 
the game is "good clean fun" and not "meant to hurt anybody," but when asked 
by CBS, one of the women admitted that she cried after being shot and said, "It 
hurt. It really hurt."

On their Web site, the company advertises their "hunt" as "30 women ready to 
be chased down and shot like dogs" and sells videos of the women "mounted on 
the wall for all your friends to see."

The City of Las Vegas is investigating whether Burdick's business license for 
"hunting" is valid and whether he is breaking any laws by "hunting" outside 
city limits.