The Governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, vetoed a bill (HB1240) last
week that would have created an outlandish thing called the "Children's
Product Safety Act." The bill would have had the disastrous purpose of
better protecting kids against dangerous or defective products
including toys with excessive amounts of lead paint. Can you believe
why anyone would want to protect children against unsafe toys?
As outlined in the legislation, the Attorney General would compile a
list of bad products and publish it for the public to see. Oh the shock
and horror. Anyone who tried to resell or manufacture the dangerous
products on this list would be in violation of the state's Consumer
Protection Act. I almost can't continue. Who would favor such
legislation? (Actually, the Mississippi legislature did and attempted
to override the Governor's veto, but came up six votes short.)
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