Could A PaintBall Kill you?

[Lohman446]

A paintball could definately kill you. It could hit an pinch a vital artery in the neck.

I play baseball for my college (catcher) and caught a foul tip straight to the artery in my neck. I first stood up like some sorta macho who didn't feel it. I go to get the ball about 15 feet away, I bent over to pick it up, dropped to my knees, then my hands, everything went white, and I was out like a lamp. I guess I came to a few seconds later when my coaches were walking out to me. I guess the vision is the 1st thing to go with loss of brain oxygen. Surprisingly, it's totally white (not dark) and all light hurts extremely badly to look at.I was trying to be all hard-arse and play it off like I didn't just get knocked the ---- out. I woulda had 'em fooled too, until they realized I still couldn't see.
"Joe, you OK?"
"Psshhhh, yeah. I'm fine."
"You're all glazed over. How many fingers?"
"Whazzuh? Where's the ball?"
They wouldn't even let me finish the game five mins later when I could see again.
Then they made me go to the hospital. Those pussies,

I'd be willing to bet a same type of paintball shot at close range would do the exact same thing. The hopsital people said they were checking for clots that formed in a blunt traumad artery or something that could break loose and kill me. (they musta been pussies too)

I would be of the opinion not... a baseball is A) hard, and B) heavy compared to a paintball.

[Pneumagger]

I would be of the opinion not... a baseball is A) hard, and B) heavy compared to a paintball.

still, a baseball goes 70 MPH. a paintball pointblank from a hot gun will easily hit 200+ MPH. If it hityo right where it needed, I'm sure the probability is much higher that something happens.

[calebh]

still, a baseball goes 70 MPH. a paintball pointblank from a hot gun will easily hit 200+ MPH. If it hityo right where it needed, I'm sure the probability is much higher that something happens.

momentum is the key here... a paintball may go as much as 3 times faster than a baseball, but a baseball weighs roughly 48 times more than a paintball (assuming my math is right).

[bryceeden]

still, a baseball goes 70 MPH. a paintball pointblank from a hot gun will easily hit 200+ MPH. If it hityo right where it needed, I'm sure the probability is much higher that something happens.

mass times velocity squared, the baseball wins big time. I highly doubt a paintball could pinch off an artary long enogh to kill you.