Fanning the flames

The News and Observer story we linked to in the post below begins with this sentence: "Residents with paintball guns are taking aim at speeders in one Durham neighborhood."

We would ask if the reporter who wrote the story has seen any residents with any paintball guns in any Durham neighborhood taking aim at any speeders? This is exactly what Dan Sperry of the American World Paintball Union referred to in his open letter, which we published here yesterday:

I am asking two things with this open letter. 1. I would like the media to stop the circus around these signs and actually use your resources for good rather than ratings. Instead (of) reporting the sign, do some research and digging, find out why the people aren't being heard why police aren't posting positions on the street. Find out why
the people who pay taxes can't get signs or speed bumps.

We have written to Mr. Chambers and his editor. We will publish any response from them.