Some frustrated with lead mandates (Nanny state control of our lives from books to dirtbikes!)

St. Joe News ^ | February 4, 2009 | Jimmy Myers

[StarCMC]

This is making me really angry! Not only will the bike shops be unable to sell bikes for kids under the age of 12, they are even going to be unable to sell PARTS for already existing bikes! The government was disgustingly efficient at killing 3-wheelers a few years back and no one batted an eye. We need to stand up and say enough is enough! Disgusting! And if you want to sign a petition about the bike stuff, go here:

http://petitionspot.com/petitions/thumpertalk

If I find a petition about the books I will post it here too. C'mon people! Let's fight this!

[StarCMC]

Pinging my friends and my fellow PGR members. This legislation is dangerous. Whether you like motorcycles or not, this smacks of total government control. We really need to fight back against this!

[StarCMC]

Whoops - fixing that link:

http://petitionspot.com/petitions/thumpertalk

[Venturer]

The bad news just keeps coming from a government that takes a good idea and screws around with it until it becomes a travesty.

Nothing wrong with trying to keep lead away from kids but this stuff is ridiculous.

[elpadre]

what was a slipping toward, has become a mad dash toward European socialism.

[IYAS9YAS]

BFLR - Thanks for this.

[DonaldC]

This is as crazy as the recent law about kid’s clothes causing thrift stores to throw out perfectly good stuff by the truck load.

[traviskicks]

possible ping

[Travis T. OJustice]

HA HA! Morons! You get what you voted for, sh!tbags.

[denydenydeny]

This is as crazy as the recent law about kid’s clothes causing thrift stores to throw out perfectly good stuff by the truck load.

This is the same law.

[Old Professer]

Carbon’s next.

[ProfoundMan]

There's a long-running post with lot's of great info and links about this ridiculous law HERE.

The law itself is bad enough but the implementation is incredibly stupid. "The law is on the books but we may only enforce certain parts of it (until we figure out what we're doing) BUT the states AG's may enforce any parts they like and we still can't tell you specifically what products are affected under the law but if you sell something found later to be under the law you're still liable for a massive fine and imprisonment".

An absolute cluster-fornication of a law if ever there was one. It'll crush thousands of small businesses and the govt will just wonder why.

[Scrambler Bob]

Quoting from numerous news articles: (Google the News for ‘lead bicycle valve stem’

“Bicycle sales could also be affected as valve stems and spoke nipples on wheels contain trace amounts of lead. The reach of the new law has provoked the ...”

[StarCMC]

Agreed - but whatever happened to the parents who said “get that out of your mouth! That’s not food!” Good freaking grief! I am so sick of the government thinking they get to be the parents!!!

[StarCMC]

EXACTLY the same and EXACTLY as idiotic. The book part bothers me a LOT because then you wonder who will be in control of deciding what books are worth of reprinting and which are not. Reminds me of Nazi book burning.

[Zeppelin]

Carbon’s next.

Jewelers will have to pay a carbon tax for every diamond they keep in stock.

Same concept as lead in an engine case.

[StarCMC]

Oh - I was figuring they’d go directly for the oxygen ban.

[Zeppelin]

Good freaking grief! I am so sick of the government thinking they get to be the parents!!!

It takes a village to raise an idiot...

[StarCMC]

Thanks for the link — I tried searching a couple different ways and didn’t find that!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Ban everything with batteries!