# what if yoyoing became illegal? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [July 24, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023 "2014-07-24T13:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/21 "2014-07-25T05:57:20Z")
I think this question is totally preposterous and actually quite silly. ---
**Author:** ![MattB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattb/32/14529_2.png) [@MattB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattB)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/22 "2014-07-25T06:43:18Z")
> [@jhb8426](#): > > I think this question is totally preposterous and actually quite silly. Unlikely to happen, but remember Clackers? I’ve done more damage to myself with a yoyo than with those things. ---
**Author:** ![MarHaiYoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marhaiyoyo/32/1316_2.png) [@MarHaiYoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MarHaiYoyo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/23 "2014-07-25T10:40:08Z")
I’d join an underground yoyo group and start a new yoyo related society with those interested ---
**Author:** ![D\_Beau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d_beau/32/694_2.png) [@D\_Beau](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/D_Beau)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/24 "2014-07-25T14:21:36Z")
Personally, I support the yoyo ban. Why should taxpayers have to foot the bill for yoyo-related injuries? People can’t be trusted to make the right decisions regarding personal safety, that’s why we have seatbelt and helmets laws. Let’s not forget, yoyos were invented as deadly weapons. Do you really want your children playing with weapons? Anti-yoyo is pro-kid. ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/25 "2014-07-25T14:23:56Z")
> [@MattB](#): > > Unlikely to happen, but remember Clackers? I’ve done more damage to myself with a yoyo than with those things. Are you talking about those magnets? ---
**Author:** ![Philip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Philip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Philip)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/26 "2014-07-25T14:24:59Z")
> [@Carsonel88](#): > > So if yoyoing became illegal it would cost $100 for a Duncan butterfly, thousands for a clyw tons of knock offs gahah. string would cost $10 each and you would need a reliable non shady “string dealer” so you can be sure you are getting new ones and not used dirty ones, after all they are 10 dollars each!!! Hahaha Suddenly, 2a wouldn’t be as unappealing as everybody thought. ---
**Author:** ![theguitarplayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@theguitarplayer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theguitarplayer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/27 "2014-07-25T14:26:29Z")
> [@D\_Beau](#): > > Personally, I support the yoyo ban. Why should taxpayers have to foot the bill for yoyo-related injuries? People can’t be trusted to make the right decisions regarding personal safety, that’s why we have seatbelt and helmets laws. Let’s not forget, yoyos were invented as deadly weapons. Do you really want your children playing with weapons? > > Anti-yoyo is pro-kid. 😃 that made me lol ---
**Author:** ![MattB](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mattb/32/14529_2.png) [@MattB](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattB)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/28 "2014-07-26T05:09:05Z")
> [@Yoyo](#): > > Are you talking about those magnets? Clackers were a toy with two 5 cm acrylic balls that were connected with a string with a small ring in the middle.  You held the ring and with an up and down motion the balls would bounce/clack against each other.  If you really got it going, you could clack them above and below your hand. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/9/d/a9d9ff19744c3a832497d18b53873623a7c09555.jpeg "Clackers Original 1970s Ball Toy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLHftISLNHE) ---
**Author:** ![crococorey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crococorey/32/1380_2.png) [@crococorey](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crococorey)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/29 "2014-07-26T15:46:39Z")
> [@MattB](#): > > Clackers were a toy with two 5 cm acrylic balls that were connected with a string with a small ring in the middle.  You held the ring and with an up and down motion the balls would bounce/clack against each other.  If you really got it going, you could clack them above and below your hand. > > [http://youtu.be/FLHftISLNHE](http://youtu.be/FLHftISLNHE) I have a pair of those! Red ones! ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/30 "2014-07-26T18:23:04Z")
Wait or we could start calling yoyos trick doorknobs. ---
**Author:** ![Logi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/logi/32/7932_2.png) [@Logi](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Logi)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/31 "2014-07-26T21:47:17Z")
> [@Carsonel88](#): > > Things like drugs become illegal so the government can monopolize the selling and make the price 100 times what it would be if legal. making something illegal never cuts the demand it just tAkes away quality control and creates black markets. > > So if yoyoing became illegal it would cost $100 for a Duncan butterfly, thousands for a clyw tons of knock offs gahah. string would cost $10 each and you would need a reliable non shady “string dealer” so you can be sure you are getting new ones and not used dirty ones, after all they are 10 dollars each!!! Hahaha Well I’ll just make my own string! HA. ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/32 "2014-07-27T03:43:27Z")
Yoyo in front of cops and die. ---
**Author:** ![DrAwesome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drawesome/32/1139_2.png) [@DrAwesome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DrAwesome)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023/33 "2014-07-27T05:35:22Z")
Ernie would be the Walter White of yoyos. 99.99% smooth. The most pure. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-if-yoyoing-became-illegal/68023.md?page=1)