"Is that a toy gun sir?"

"No, it's a real one."

"OK, on your way."

So might a conversation go at the Republican convention in Cleveland next week, thanks to a set of rules specifying what is and isn't allowed into a defined "event zone" surrounding the event.

Water pistols, BB guns, pellet guns and paintball guns are on a list of numerous items banned from the area outside the Quicken Loans Arena, along with an arsenal of other hardware including swords, sabers, hatchets, axes, nunchucks, maces, hammers, crowbars and pepper spray.

Also banned: light bulbs, canned goods and tennis balls. And containers of bodily fluid.

Guns? They're permitted, because Ohio is an open-carry state and officials can't stop licensed owners from taking their weapons with them. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson clarified the position at a press conference Wednesday.

"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," he said.

Here are 70 things specifically prohibited from the area, as well as "any other item determined by the [chief of police] or [director of public safety] to be a clear and present danger to the safety of others."

1. Lumber larger than 2-inches wide and ¼-inch thick, including supports for signs

2. Metal, plastic, or other hard material larger than ¾-inch thick and 1/8-inch wide wall thickness including pipe and tubing

3. Air rifles

4. Air pistols

5. Paintball gun

6. Blasting caps

7. Switchblades

8. Automatic knives

9. Knives with blades two and one-half inches in length or longer

10. Cestuses (armored gloves)

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. Nunchucks

23. Maces

24. Iron buckle

25. Axe handles

26. Shovels

27. Explosives

28. Fireworks

29. Aerosol cans

30. Pepper spray

31. Speakers

32. Drones

33. Containers of bodily fluids

34. Umbrellas with metal tips

35. Water guns

36. Water cannons

37. Ropes longer than 6 inches

38. Chains longer than 6 inches

39. Strapping longer than 6 inches

40. Wire longer than 6 inches

41. Line longer than 6 inches

42. Tape longer than 6 inches

43. Glass bottles

44. Ornaments

45. Light bulbs

46. Ceramic vessels

47. Padlocks

48. Bicycle locks

49. Chain locks

50. Gas masks

51. Tents

52. Sleeping bags

53. Sleeping pads

54. Mattresses

55. Cots

56. Hammocks

57. Bivy sacks

58. Stoves

59. Coolers

60. Ice chests

61. Backpacks and bags exceeding the size of 18-inch x 13-inch x 7-inch;

62. Lasers

63. Non-plastic containers, bottles, cans or thermoses

64. Ladders

65. Grappling hooks

66. Sledgehammers

67. Hammers

68. Crowbars

69. Canned goods

70. Tennis balls

Guns are still banned from inside the Quicken Loans Arena, where all the action will happen next week, despite 55,000 people signing a petition demanding the right to carry firearms inside.

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