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Informative Essay On Paintball

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Ethan Parrott
Professor Thompson
English Comp 1020
11 February, 2015
Paintball Safety
People tend to think that paintball is a violent and unsafe sport in which people shoot each other with intent to hurt. Well they are wrong paintball is a very safe sport and non violent. There are a lot of rules, regulations and also gear that “paintballers” have to follow. A lot of injuries involved are due to human error and plain stupidity. Due to this it gives paintball a lot of negative vibes. But as people realize that paintball is really not that unsafe it is gaining its popularity back.
Statistics show that you’re more likely to get injured playing another sport like football than you are playing paintball. “I mean safety is a huge issue for parents …show more content…

“When kids are driving around shooting random people out of their car then yes that is violent but it’s like someone puts on a pair of boxing gloves and then knocks someone out”. (Lancia) That is a direct quote from a professional player who’s been playing for multiple years and has seen the drastic changes in the sport from the early 2000’s to now.
The violence in paintball isn’t as bad as it is in some other sports like hockey where they promote fighting or even mixed martial arts where they put two men in a cage to beat up each other till one either gets knocked out or “taps” out. When in paintball your shooting a gelatin capsule filled with oil based paint at each other, which doesn’t hurt like, getting punched in the face like they do in mixed martial arts.
The violence in paintball is due to immature kids and even adults driving around in cars and shooting people, which usually gets them in the face. A lot of doctors will tell you how dangerous a paintball gun is due to the emergency room visits by patients who have been hit in the eye and or face by a paintball. Getting hit by a paintball can lead to major ocular damage “Injuries owing to paintballs can result in severe ocular damage and visual loss. Ophthalmologists should emphasize increased awareness and need for proper ocular protection” …show more content…

Paintball field owners do a lot to help prevent these injuries on their fields by training staff to remove the people from the field if the remove their mask or if the violate one of the other rules. Most paintball owners will have their players sign a waver when they first go to the field to play. This protects them from getting sued due to the player’s stupidity if they get injured while playing. But it is not only the field owner’s that should be trying to prevent injuries it should be everyone that plays. Because if you play even if it is out in the woods you and the other people your playing against should be wearing eye protection. When you start to play paint ball always buy your mask first only because it is the most important piece of equipment you will ever buy. Its either have a fancy marker and no vision or a really good mask and an alright marker and your

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