Posted on 06/17/2011 6:14:04 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
An Assembly committee has approved legislation that would ban teenagers from using tanning beds. Under current law, children ages 14 to 17 can use tanning beds with the signed consent of a parent or guardian, while those under 14 are banned outright. Under the legislation (bills A2867, A2933 and A3640, which were merged into one), nobody under the age of 18 would be able to use tanning beds, regardless of parental consent. Tanning salons would have to post signs notifying customers of the law, and the salons would be fined $100 for a first offense and $200 for each subsequent one.
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The reductio ad absurdum argument doesn’t work on Statists and liberals.
You meant it as a joke, but Statists have no sense of humor. The elitists think that we would all live in a utopia if only we would just listen to them. Lying is ok.
They’ll think they can control the temperature of planet Earth by law.
Oh wait, they already have. see (Warming, Global)
Thanks for the ping!
Why would the NJ legislature ban teens from using taunting beds?
What is that? Where can I buy one?
First they came for the smokers, and most said nothing while a few FReepers actually celebrated.
Now they are going after the tanners, soda drinkers, salt users, and any other freedom they can think of.
Nope, didn’t see this one coming at all.
Current law looks about right, except for taking the decision out of the parents’ hands for those under 14.
(Yeah, it’s stupid at any age, but parental rights must not be infringed unless the case is dire.)
Wow, that didn’t take long.
Seems that it never does for at least one FReeper to celebrating the trampling of individual liberty.
I’m with you, it should be up to the parent.
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