Posted on 03/25/2008 7:51:46 PM PDT by VermiciousKnid
AUGUSTA, Maine - While in a small southern Maine grocery store with his mother last June 12 to buy sandwiches, Shane St. Pierre picked up a miniature baseball bat and flicked the switch to see what would happen.
A flame shot out, singeing the 6-year-olds eyebrow and burning part of his face. His parents called the state fire marshals office and were surprised to learn that Maine had no law banning so-called novelty lighters.
Thats no longer the case.
Today, Shane stood next to Gov. John Baldacci as he signed legislation that makes Maine the first state to outlaw the sale of cigarette lighters that are particularly attractive to children because they come in the shapes of cartoon characters, toys and animals.
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Protecting children too much will kill them. This new generation should be a doozy. Idiots
One day, I hope to be “from” NY.
Regards,
I guess a parent watching their 6 year old to make sure they don’t play with lighters and burn themselves is... well, just TOO much to ask. Better to have the Nanny State make a new law.
Pathetic bunch of losers.
LOL. THat looks almost like a cheese grater with arms and legs.
Being one of those Eeeeeevil smokers, I cannot for the life of me fathom how a 6 year old could possibly reach the counter where lighters are usually kept???
Most counters and/or displays, are at least 5' high and most times lighters are kept behind counters.
There is something that doesn't pass the smell test here and banning novelty lighters is simply another feel-good-nany-state approach to a solution looking for a problem.
And should you ever return Down East from Away, the state will still be standing ... unburnt. And all due to the vigilance of our great and good Governor and his ever growing, and ever more powerful force for the greaer good: Baldacci's Sexually Ambiguous Wonk Corps B-SAWC)
Matches are also soon to be banned because they can start dangerous fires. Also banned is the eating of lobster and other cholesterol-laden crustaceans. Theys always saying that Baldacci is a a wimp. Well, no. He and the B-SAWC's have reintroduced the Death Penalty. For smoking.
If you are smart enough to obey our laws and speak Spanish, why not drop by for Somali Independence Day?
You mean your kids still have their eyebrows??!!!
There is no end to the cute ideas. They’re just fun.
Hopefully what’s next is north east states secede from the union. Then we can institute travel and immigration restrictions on their residents.
What a crock! Maine government is a huge royal pain in the arze, IMHO!
Nanny State ping
What happened that they turned into a nursery where the government needs to take care of them?
A recent conversation with a Mainer who was ranting about Iraq led to his admitting that, well yes, he had forgotten about the World Trade Center and all that stuff.
I swear, it's like living in a minimum security insane asylum. I can feel my brain cells dying each day I live here.
The exact point where it all went horribly wrong and the state went from rock-ribbed Republican to communist, I can't say.
It's been a one-party state for about 30 years, which accounts for the rot.
I would guess another victim of LBJs Great Society.
But I have to think there are still some fishermen, lumberjacks and assorted country folk who are going nuts with this nanny state crap.
Thanks for the ping!
The Kindergarchy... Rule by children.
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