Hi 's mommy!!
If you still have not decided whether or not to let little paintball or not, I thought I might let you know just how safe it really is. Because you probably don't trust me after seeing the rest of this site, I would suggest that you hear it from some major corporations and/or trustable businesses:
Paintball Express
Winchester
Femmes Fatales
well, that is all I can find right now, but let me tell you a bit of my own knowledge: every time you read in the newspaper or hear in the news about someone or some people assaulting someone with paintball markers, they were using them in a way other than the way intended by the manufacturer. The only way paintball markers should be used is in the sport of paintball, shooting only at people wearing proper eye and face protection. I will strongly discourage your child from using their marker in any way other than the way the manufacturer intended.