Paintball attack in Reading shops
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HUSH HUSH said:
Er, yes it can. If a paintball hits you in the eye it can possibly kill you, no matter if it comes from an argos gun which fires them at 50fps (im guessing) or a tourney gat travelling at 300fps.
A standard paintball, can kill you. Its as simple as that.
Look, i know what your all trying to say. A reporter does not, and saying that paintballs used without proper safety gear are not lethal, is a dangerous and foolish endeavour.
Unless it was from less than a foot away I doubt a 50fps paint-filled gelatin ball could go through your eye and into your brain. Your eye is a lot tougher than a paintball and there's more behind it to contend with than just a lump of life-crucial grey matter.
I hate to say it bud, but you are wrong. Even a £14.99 paintball marker will shoot at 150-200 fps. At point blank range in your eye that would at the very least render you blind in said eye, worst case shatter your eye socket and send bone shards into your brain.Demonic69 said:
I am not saying the article is o.k, but you are ignorant to say the least if you believe that a paintball could not cause such damage
i think the £14.99 ones in question are the spring powered ones u buy in gadget. They dont hit 200fps surely!?
I was going on the 50fps premise but I agree that higher could be worse.
Although the Government don't class anything below 320fps as a firearm as they deem it unable to kill someone with ease.
And unless you know, medically, the tolernaces of your eye and socket you are ignorant to say that a paintball would shatter your eye socket.
I only said I doubt a 50FPS paintball could do that damage, you attempted to state a fact.
Although the Government don't class anything below 320fps as a firearm as they deem it unable to kill someone with ease.
And unless you know, medically, the tolernaces of your eye and socket you are ignorant to say that a paintball would shatter your eye socket.
I only said I doubt a 50FPS paintball could do that damage, you attempted to state a fact.
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Dark Stranger said:
How? It's a matter of impact energy. I don't think you can buy a 'paintball gun' from Argos that will cause a fatal injury as toys are subjected to far more stringent regulations than markers
The eye is a lot tougher than people think and the whole idea sounds like that kung-fu myth of smacking someone'e nose bone into their brain (it's cartilage and you can do it, but only with a sledgehammer etc.). I'm not volunteering to try it out but the idea of any paintball smashing the bones of the orbit seems a bit unrealistic. People have shot themselves in the head with real bullets and survived before now
And whilst it may not be responsible to post responses saying paintballs are non lethal, I feel the whole article smacks of a lot of things I find annoying/infuriating about modern society. The kids that did it will likely never be punished and victim suffered a small bruise so is there any call for the tone of barely repressed hysteria? I'd just like to see an article that says 'Some yobs shot a small child with a paintball gun and caused her a small bruise. Upon seeing this her mother checked she was ok, told her not to make a fuss and then chased said yobs down and made them both cry and promise to be better people.' That would have been my childhood experience but then I live in a dream world, obv. and I had a scary Mum of the kind they don't seem to make these days. And trauma meant an injury or serious harm, not 'a bit shaken up'. And mars bars cost sixpence. And we had proper weather and you got a bit of respect, etc,etc. I'm off to join Robbo and talk about whippersnappers.
Right I just got another phone call from the editor. Instead of an interview in which they will pick up on the slightest slip up and claim that paintball will destory the world and raise satan himself they are asking me to write an article on paintball and its growth over recent years. They are interested in such details as how people get into it and all that jigga!
I am getting all the legality stuff from ukpsf all about health and safety and precuasions we take. I will also be using a spell checker as my speeling is appaling.
Any stuff people think i should mention please post up.
I am getting all the legality stuff from ukpsf all about health and safety and precuasions we take. I will also be using a spell checker as my speeling is appaling.
Any stuff people think i should mention please post up.