Why are they legal?
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tawidmerfoe — 13 years ago(June 19, 2012 05:14 PM)
When I was a kid, I loved playing lawn darts. A alge dart with a metal end you threw into a circle several feet away, a lot like horseshoes. But because someone was too stupid to keep out of the way and took one to the head and sued, they are now illegal.
Keeping this in mind, watch any one episode of AFV, and then give an explaination of why trampolines are still legal!
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tawidmerfoe — 13 years ago(March 18, 2013 02:39 PM)
Lawn darts are the same. If used properly, can be a lot of fun, but get stupid people doing stupid things, they are dangerous. So why did they ban yard darts? Your trampoline statements are totally interchangeable with many other things, including lawn darts. Why outlaw some things and not others?
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captainamerica-5 — 11 years ago(November 25, 2014 05:00 AM)
Lawn Darts er Jarts, are def not the same as a trampoline.
With Lawn Darts, someone could make the stupid-ass mistake of looking away, or worse yet be a thrower of the Jarts, and get someone in the chest, back, or head. I loved them as a kid and never once did I think for a second how dangerous it was or could have been, but I was smart enough to stand away when others were throwing.
Trampolines, however, have become safer over the years with netting surrounding it. It's just the idiots who either push the boundaries and get a hole ripped by jumping beyond its recommended limits, or not looking where they're jumping and landing on the side instead of the middle where you should be.