Paintball Gun Not Used To Deface Banksy Mural
Recent reports in the media have wrongly blamed the use of a paintball gun for the defacing of a famous Banksy mural in Bristol.
Articles claimed that the bright blue paint was shot from a paintball gun. However it is clearfrom the images of balloon debris and the commentary on the films that actuallyballoons filled with paint were thrown.
Infact paintball markers only fire small balls of harmless, fully biodegradablegelatine and certainly could never be loaded with a balloon.Jonathan Mellor Marketing Manager Skirmish Paintballcomments “Paintballi s a popular, well organised section of the leisure industry in the UK, enjoyed by young and old and ought not to be inaccurately connected to acts of vandalism in this way” “We have been established for 25 years in the UK with an excellent safety record. Over one million people safely played paintball at well controlled sites nationwide last yearshooting nearly half a billion paintballs” He concluded.