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The could if lawmakers wanted them to. Here in Sweden potato guns are actually illegal if the potato achieves 10+ joule.
by stefanfisk 8mo ago
The could if lawmakers wanted them to. Here in Sweden potato guns are actually illegal if the potato achieves 10+ joule.
- Zak 8mo agoThat's effectively a complete ban as a thrown potato would have considerably more energy than that. A quick web search suggests professional baseball pitchers achieve ~130J, and a potato is roughly comparable to a baseball in mass.
- stefanfisk 8mo agoYep. I'm not saying that I'm for it, just that writing a law that bans them isn't all that hard.