A while back I noted a recent law that was going to place a huge burden on thrift stores, consignment stores, and sellers of specialty toys. In the comments, Kassie happily noted that some sort of sanity had returned and that, while everyone has to comply with the law, not everyone has to certify that all of their products have been tested, a small but important step in the right direction.
Now a friend has alerted me that the American Library Association believes that the law as written requires them to either remove all books for children under 12 or remove all children under 12. Got that? Either get rid of the books or don’t allow the kids in. To the library.
The article also notes that schools may be up next. I can see the headline now:
Kids Banned From Schools For Their Own Safety
And don’t forget the key point: the people who actually drafted this regulation didn’t see this coming.
I feel safer already.
