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A package of lawn darts with metal tips. Lawn darts (also known as Javelin darts, jarts, lawn jarts, or yard darts) is a lawn game for two players or teams. A lawn dart set usually includes four large darts and two targets. The gameplay and objective are similar to those of both horseshoes and darts. The darts are typically 12 inches (30 cm) in ...
Lawn darts are large, weighted darts intended to be tossed underhand towards a horizontal ground target. On 19 December 1988, all lawn darts were banned from sale in the United States by the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they were responsible for the deaths of three children since 1970. [37] In 1989, they were also banned in Canada. [38]
Lawn darts involves throwing large darts at targets that are placed on the ground. Lawn darts have been subjected to product recalls at times, due to children dying from head wounds from the darts or otherwise becoming injured by them. [15] In the United States in 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of lawn darts. [16]
Two new 1970s toys were public relations disasters. One of the toys was named Javelin Darts which were similar to the ancient Roman plumbata. On December 19, 1988, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned lawn darts from sale in the United States due to their hazards as a flying projectile with a sharp metal point causing multiple deaths. [19]
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Lawn darts weren't banned because they might hurt someone - they were banned because they did. Multiple times. -- 203.214.40.120 ( talk ) 22:48, 28 October 2009 (UTC) [ reply ] I was just thinking fondly on the times we used to throw them over a house at each other, with the "receivers" calling out corrections like Fire Controllers for the ...
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