What a paintball does when shot at you from a passing car
Ouch!
It’s been a little while since I got a call from somebody who was shot at with a paintball gun while riding their bicycle. But for awhile there I was getting a lot of them. One victim got a good plate and the police visited the vehicle’s owner and let him know they were on to him; after that the attacks seem to have stopped. (Go figure).
Here’s what my client (that’s his forearm, above) told me about getting hit with a paintball:
The scariest part is that they sound just like guns. I remember riding to
the pay phone thinking, “I’ve been shot. There’s a bullet
under my skin,” because the contusion was as big as a golf ball. The photo was taken a good three hours and five Pacificos later.
There have been no arrests for shooting paintball guns at cyclists in Tucson that I am aware of. Yet.
–Erik Ryberg
October 23rd, 2009 at 7:52 am
It’s disgusting that people get their kicks from going around and shooting unsuspecting people with paintball guns.
Its this small minority that continue to fuel the stigma that is often attached to the sport.
Throw the book at them if their caught, I say.