The Vox Box

Mon., Oct. 8, 2007

The paintball gun crusader…

Ann Johansson for The New York Times

I had no idea that this happens with paintball guns:

By Michael Parrisha/NYT 14-year-old player inadvertently detached a valve, launching his gun’s carbon-dioxide-filled cylinder as an unguided missile. It struck Ms. Contois, who was watching from a picnic area off the field, in the back of the head. She never regained consciousness, and died at the scene. full article

Apparently this also happened to a 15-year-old boy here in Washington...

The NYT article linked above details the husband of the woman who was killed's crusade to improve the guns.

I know a lot of you paintball. I guess this serves as a warning more than anything else...

Posted Oct. 8, 2007, 10:11 a.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.