"Live Free or Dry"

[isoaker]

Found this article written back in 1992 during the first surge in Super Soaker popularity.

'tis sad that even back then there were problems with people mis-using water blasters and, moreover, over zealous politicians not aiming at the true source of the problems, rather using the popular Super Soaker toy as a scapegoat for it.

In other notes, seems like no one in the media was able to measure ranges properly even back then. As much as I'd like to believe it, a Super Soaker 200 just doesn't appear to have that capability.

[atvan]

The Super Soaker craze may be the latest sign of a jaded society's need for ever-increasing thrills: more drug use, more transvestites on Donahue, more fire power in our water guns.

???
Now if was a few years later and the SCII was involved, that would be a different story.

[cantab]

I think SS themselves claimed 50 feet of range.

[isoaker]

I think SS themselves claimed 50 feet of range.

Point taken. Got too caught up in the rest of the article and forgot about the original claims on the packaging.

[martianshark]

Wow. That guy is way paranoid about squirt guns.