Stupid State Laws - New York 2

Here comes another post about a state law that still exists on the books and why it is ridiculous (to see them all, click here):

New York

"It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun."

Interesting.  However, I feel like they should probably specify which kind of 'ball' the law applies to.  For example, someone throwing a ping pong ball at someone's head won't do anything but harmlessly bounce of that person's noggin and would actually be considered 'fun'.  However, if someone were to throw a bowling ball at someone's head for fun, then that would definitely be considered psychopathic.  And for that matter, why is this even a law to begin with?  I can only assume the parents of the neighborhood nerd decided to talk to their local lawmaker after their nerdy kid was getting picked on by some bullies who threw 'balls' (hehe) at the kid's head and claimed they only did it for 'fun'.  If that is the case, then they should have told their kid to grow some balls instead of getting a law passed.

"I don't care if you said you were just having fun, you are under arrest, punk."