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Subject Federal Governmet makes it illegal to sell used baby cribs!

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[i]Starting Tuesday, it became illegal in the U.S. to sell or even donate a crib that fails to meet the toughest crib safety rules in the world.

Newly required safety tests are so stringent that few cribs in American homes — even those that have escaped recall after recall — are sturdy enough to pass them. [b]As a result, federal regulators recommend that families that can afford to do so should buy new cribs and destroy their old ones.[/b]

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The law effectively eliminates the secondhand market for cribs — at least for the near future — because on Tuesday it became illegal to sell a crib that fails to meet the new standards. It will likely take more than a year for the new cribs to find their way to garage sales and auction sites as hand-me-downs.

In addition to checking stores that sell new cribs, Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the [b]U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, says his agency will be monitoring eBay, craigslist and other sites to make sure older cribs don't get resold[/b].[/i]
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/325071/

Now the federal government dictates private transactions between private citizens?
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Next it's going to be illegal to breathe so stop breathing damnit! :whatever:
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Original Message Starting Tuesday, it became illegal in the U.S. to sell or even donate a crib that fails to meet the toughest crib safety rules in the world.

Newly required safety tests are so stringent that few cribs in American homes — even those that have escaped recall after recall — are sturdy enough to pass them. As a result, federal regulators recommend that families that can afford to do so should buy new cribs and destroy their old ones.

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The law effectively eliminates the secondhand market for cribs — at least for the near future — because on Tuesday it became illegal to sell a crib that fails to meet the new standards. It will likely take more than a year for the new cribs to find their way to garage sales and auction sites as hand-me-downs.

In addition to checking stores that sell new cribs, Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, says his agency will be monitoring eBay, craigslist and other sites to make sure older cribs don't get resold.
[link to www.inforum.com]

Now the federal government dictates private transactions between private citizens?

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