Colorado’s infamous snowball ban: The real story behind the myth
Picture a Colorado winter afternoon with kids laughing and snow flying, then a record-scratch moment: technically, that snowball fight might be illegal. According toNPR’s 2018 coverage, “Severance prohibited throwing ‘stones, snowballs or any other missile or projectiles’ at people, buildings, trees or any other property.” This article examines how a nine-year-old boy overturned one of Colorado’s most infamous “weird laws,” and why the myth persists despite the truth being far more charming than the legend.
Where these ordinances originated
Several Colorado municipalities, including Severance and Aspen, maintained local codes banning the throwing of “missiles or projectiles.”…..