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

By Gregory Krieg, Tal Yellin and Will Mullery, CNN

Updated 1755 GMT (0155 HKT) July 14, 2016

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  • There are at least 72 items that are prohibited
  • Swords, sabers, switchblades and ... light bulbs

(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.
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      "Our intent is to follow the law. And if the law says you can have open carry, that's what it says. Whether I agree with it or not is another issue," Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said at a news conference on Wednesday.
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      "There are certain things that go along with open carry that that person has to do," Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams cautioned. "You can't menace people, you can't brandish your weapon."
      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."
      Any types of firearms, weapons or explosives that are banned by the state of Ohio are also barred from the event zone.
      Federal law allows the U.S Secret Service, which is administering a smaller "secure zone," to ban weapons of any kind, including guns, inside the Quicken Loans Arena, where GOP delegates will gather next week to nominate Donald Trump.
        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