"There's No State Law On Tennis Balls" - Read The List Of 72 Things (Except Guns) That Are Banned From Cleveland's Republican Convention

I guess The New Black Panthers is another thing Republicans can't ban because of open carry, and seeing how they piss themselves whenever that group shows up to a voting booth, we'll see how they handle it.

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.

Dan Williams, a spokesman for Jackson, told CNN about open carry guns: "Bottom line, we're going to follow the law. It's state law. There's no state law on tennis balls."

Here's a list of at least 72 things that are prohibited from the event zone:

1. Lumber larger than 2 inches in width and 1/4 of an inch thick, including supports for signs
2. 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
3. Air rifles
4. Air pistols
5. Paintball guns
6. Blasting caps
7. Switchblade knives
8. Automatic knives
9. Knives having a blade 2.5 inches in length or longer
10. Cestuses
11. Billy clubs
12. Blackjacks
13. Swords
14. Sabers
15. Hatchets
16. Axes
17. Slingshots
18. BB guns
19. Pellet guns
20. Wrist shots
21. Metal knuckles
22. Nun chucks
23. Mace
24. Iron buckles
25. Axe handles
26. Shovels
27. Fireworks
28. Rockets
29. Sound amplification equipment
30. Drones and other unmanned aircraft systems
31. Containers of bodily fluids
32. Aerosol cans
33. Pepper Spray and other chemical irritants
34. Umbrellas with metal tips
35. Water guns
36. Water cannons
37. Ropes in lengths greater than 6 feet
38. Chains in lengths greater than 6 feet
39. Cables in lengths greater than 6 feet
40. Strappings in lengths greater than 6 feet
41. Wires in lengths greater than 6 feet
42. Strings in lengths greater than 6 feet
43. Lines in lengths greater than 6 feet
44. Tapes in lengths greater than 6 feet
45. Glass bottles
46. Ornaments
47. Light bulbs
48. Ceramic vessels
49. Padlocks
50. Bicycle locking devices
51. Chain locks
52. Gas masks
53. Tents
54. Sleeping bags
55. Sleeping pads
56. Mattresses
57. Cots
58. Hammocks
59. Bivy sacks
60. Stoves
61. Coolers
62. Ice chests
63. Backpacks and bags exceeding the size of 18" x 13" x 7"
64. Lasers
65. Non-plastic containers, bottles, cans, or thermoses
66. Ladders
67. Grappling hooks
68. Sledgehammers
69. Hammers
70. Crowbars
71. Canned goods
72. Tennis balls Cont.

Story from - CNN

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