• 1. Over 75% of violent offenders in the California prison system have actively participated in the bashing of a pinata.

  • 2. An estimated 60,000 adults will be attacked by their children with a bat or stick following a pinata party this year.

  • 3. Most pinata related attacks occur within 48 hours of a child attending a pinata party.

  • 4. Every 47 minutes there is an incident of pinata related violence.

  • 5. You are 10 times more likely to be the victim of pinata related violence than a terrorist attack.

  • 6. Legislation to ban pinatas has been proposed in 32 states. So far none have passed because legislators dismiss the risk.

  • 7. The average age of a perpetrator who engages in pinata related violence: 8.

  • 8. A recent sociology study by UCLA students and faculty that is currently being submitted for publication found that nearly 60% of Los Angeles area gang members had participated in pinata parties as youths.