Has anyone ever died or been seriously hurt with a paintball marker

[Diego Martorelli]

im from Argentina, a couple years ago a guy died playing paintball, but he wasn't hurt with a paintball marker, they were playing sceneario in an abandoned factory and the guy fell trhough an elevator hole and died. This really hurt the sport since they would say in the media "guy died playing paintball", they tried pass some harsh regulations on paintball after that, they tried to make paintball guns to be treated as firearms, the paintball comunity acted quickly and we were able to stop it.

 

[Diego Martorelli]

Also this guy got hurt really bad, this is one of the videos that makes you wanna slap all of the guys involved in it.

 

[Tom]

Also this guy got hurt really bad, this is one of the videos that makes you wanna slap all of the guys involved in it.

he was not injured by a paintball
They are using a hard 'defensive' weapon
It's cropped up a few times

 

[Diego Martorelli]

Looks like a BT omega I don't know what kind of pellet he is using but none of them are wearing masks, its crazy.

 

[Tom]

Looks like a BT omega I don't know what kind of pellet he is using but none of them are wearing masks, its crazy.

He is using a paintball gun, but not a paintball
Probably one of the solid pepper balls (metal or ceramic ball encased in rubber)

http://p8ntballer-forums.com/threads/wtf.170735/

Pepper ball guns themselves are tippmann or Tiberius types but at much higher velocities

 

[Buddha 3]

I heard a guy was crushed to death when his kit bag containing a VM68, Golden Eagle and 4x4 Shocker fell on him

That must have been @manike. He is the only person to lug that stuff about.