Quote:Orly? First, I won't break the law, so I won't worry about getting caught. Second, the jack booted thugs already are on the march to a library near you.
ALA Urges Congress To Correct Law That Inadvertently Targets Libraries, Publishers -- CPSC ruling requires childrenâs books to be removed for safety testing.
Lifted from Etsy, where this is getting quite a bit of concern.
Enforcement is the arm of the law, and my guess is that this law is not going to be enforced to 1/10th the degree it could be, nor 1/100th the degree that people are freaking out about. Raiding libraries across the country, scouring them for childrens' books with too much lead in them? Let's check back once that actually happens.
This is clearly a stupid law, written with vastly more reach than was necessary. However, its implementation is neither socialist (what socialist purpose does this serve, exactly?) nor has it actually happened yet, so the question of enforcement is still on the table. While the US government is more than capable of enforcing stupid laws, it is also capable of simply ignoring them.
-Jester