(CNN) From making snow angels to picking snowball fights with your friends, playing in the snow can be a lot of fun.

But one Colorado town didn't think so. In Severance, a town about 60 miles north of Denver, it's long been illegal to throw snowballs.

Dane Best, 9, thought the law was "silly." The young town resident might have even broken it once in a while.

So with the help of his classmates, Best decided to take it upon himself to change the law. He collected letters and signatures in support of snowball fights, did some research and presented his case at a Severance Town Council meeting on Monday.

"It is an outdated law," Best told council members, according to CNN affiliate KCNC . "And I want to throw a snowball without getting in trouble."

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