I haven’t spoken to him yet, but my grandfather – a half-the-year Florida resident and man who has no less than nine sets of lawn darts in his garage – is surely offended by this.

Actually, playing catch at a public park or beach in Clearwater has been banned for a number of years (and yet, the ban on burmese pythons is still under consideration), and now, lawmakers are trying to change it back. As it stands now:

“No person or persons shall engage in rough or potentially dangerous activity such as football, baseball, softball, horseshoes, tennis, volleyball, badminton, or any other organized activity involving thrown or otherwise propelled objects such as balls, stones, arrows, javelins, shuttlecocks, Frisbees, model aircraft or roller skates on any public bathing beach or park property except in areas set aside for that purpose.”

To be fair, it would have been have unjust to only ban bow and arrow.

H/T to Popehat.com, who points out that since they passed this law, badminton-related deaths have dropped dramatically.

In Clearwater, Playing Catch Is Against The Law (cfnews13.com)

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