Persuasive Essay On Paintball

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Paintball is an extremely fun activity to do with friends and family, but is quite dangerous. I believe that the safety of paintball is very concerning and everyone should step back and look at the faults before attempting a game. Paintball can lead to injuries, increased aggression and pain for both you and your family. The paintballs in the paintball gun are meant to be harmless. They may cause pain, but they were made not to penetrate your body. Of course you will be left with welts at the end of the game, but they will be considered war wounds. Though paintballs themselves don’t cause injuries, the high pressure carbon dioxide canisters do. There were but, ”2 deaths were caused by high-pressure carbon dioxide canisters that accidentally

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