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Goose · 7/14/2016 11:58 am

Tennis balls bounced from Cleveland 'event zone' -- but not guns

(CNN)Slingshots, sledgehammers, rockets and ... tennis balls?

The city of Cleveland has explicitly banned at least 72 kinds of weapons, gadgets and assorted hardware from the 1.7 square-mile "event zone" surrounding next week's Republican National Convention.

Not on its extensive list: Guns.

Ohio is an open-carry state, so local officials said they cannot prevent licensed gun owners from carrying their weapons around the external security perimeter.

Here's a list of at least 72 things that are prohibited from the event zone:
Lumber larger than 2 inches in width and 1/4 of an inch thick, including supports for signs
Metal, plastic, or other hard material larger than 3/4 quarters thick and 1/8 of an inch in wall thickness including pipe and tubing
Air rifles
Air pistols
Paintball guns
Blasting caps
Switchblade knives
Automatic knives
Knives having a blade 2.5 inches in length or longer
Cestuses
Billy clubs
Blackjacks
Swords
Sabers
Hatchets
Axes
Slingshots
BB guns
Pellet guns
Wrist shots
Metal knuckles
Nun chucks
Mace
Iron buckles
Axe handles
Shovels
Fireworks
Rockets
Sound amplification equipment
Drones and other unmanned aircraft systems
Containers of bodily fluids
Aerosol cans
Pepper Spray and other chemical irritants
Umbrellas with metal tips
Water guns
Water cannons
Ropes in lengths greater than 6 feet
Chains in lengths greater than 6 feet
Cables in lengths greater than 6 feet
Strappings in lengths greater than 6 feet
Wires in lengths greater than 6 feet
Strings in lengths greater than 6 feet
Lines in lengths greater than 6 feet
Tapes in lengths greater than 6 feet
Glass bottles
Ornaments
Light bulbs
Ceramic vessels
Padlocks
Bicycle locking devices
Chain locks
Gas masks
Tents
Sleeping bags
Sleeping pads
Mattresses
Cots
Hammocks
Bivy sacks
Stoves
Coolers
Ice chests
Backpacks and bags exceeding the size of 18" x 13" x 7"
Lasers
Non-plastic containers, bottles, cans, or thermoses
Ladders
Grappling hooks
Sledgehammers
Hammers
Crowbars
Canned goods
Tennis balls

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Conspiracy Theory · 7/14/2016 12:03 pm

Okay, trying very hard to figure out how a tennis ball can be used as some sort of weapon but I'm drawing a blank.

The Man · 7/14/2016 12:08 pm

Conspiracy Theory wrote:
Okay, trying very hard to figure out how a tennis ball can be used as some sort of weapon but I'm drawing a blank.

Check out "tennis ball bomb" on YouTube.

Goose · 7/14/2016 12:12 pm

Conspiracy Theory wrote:
Okay, trying very hard to figure out how a tennis ball can be used as some sort of weapon but I'm drawing a blank.

I'm choosing to view the ban as a symbol of a society gone mad.

tennyson · 7/14/2016 12:29 pm

The list is really stupid considering what it does NOT ban !

Rongone · 7/14/2016 12:48 pm

I'm glad to see umbrellas on the list.

I always thought there was something dangerously suspicious about Mary Poppins.

Just Fred · 7/14/2016 12:57 pm

Oh, oh, a "tennis ball free zone". What's next ............ a "gun free zone"? What's the world coming to?

Rongone · 7/14/2016 1:29 pm

Just Fred wrote:
Oh, oh, a "tennis ball free zone". What's next ............ a "gun free zone"? What's the world coming to?

Well Fred, one could argue that it is also a "gun free zone". Just look at the list of prohibited "guns" that made the list:
Air Rifles, Air Pistols, Paint Ball Guns, BB Guns, Pellet Guns, Water Guns, and Water Cannons.

Just not actual firearms like those used in most of the violent shootings we see on a daily basis here in the U.S. We don't want to infringe on anybody's rights here.

That's why this list is kind of laughable . . . When the people that compiled the list leave out the most dangerous, prolific weapons available to people.

I'm also still trying to figure out the dreaded "Containers of bodily fluids" category. That must have been an interesting discussion.

Conspiracy Theory · 7/14/2016 2:29 pm

Wow. We've discovered ways to turn toys into destructive weapons.

Hooray for us.

Goose · 7/14/2016 2:32 pm

Ron touched on this, and I think it bears repeating..
What sort of thought process leads to banning Paintball guns, for instance, yet not actual guns?

It is both laughable, and terrifying, at the same time.

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