Federal agents are now swooping down on neighborhood garage sales. Of course, this comes in the wake of the government cracking down on lemonade stands. What's next? SWAT teams at the church pot-luck?
Seller, beware: Feds cracking down on secondhand sales of some products
If you're planning a garage sale or organizing a church bazaar, you'd best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law. As part of a campaign called Resale Roundup, the federal government is cracking down on the secondhand sales of dangerous and defective products.
The initiative, which targets toys and other products for children, enforces a new provision that makes it a crime to resell anything that's been recalled by its manufacturer.
"Those who resell recalled children's products are not only breaking the law, they are putting children's lives at risk," said Inez Tenenbaum, the recently confirmed chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The crackdown affects sellers ranging from major thrift-store operators such as Goodwill and the Salvation Army to everyday Americans cleaning out their attics for yard sales, church bazaars or - increasingly - digital hawking on eBay, Craigslist and other Web sites.
Secondhand sellers now must keep abreast of recalls for thousands of products, some of them stretching back more than a decade, to stay within the bounds of the law.
"Granny, I'm afraid I need you to give me that doll,
but mostly I'm just afraid".
Well, it certainly looks like the SWAT teams will be enforcing vaccinations. C'mon ... the government will never inject you with anything harmful ...
Pandemic bill allows health authorities to enter homes, detain without warrant
A "pandemic response bill" currently making its way through the Massachusetts state legislature would allow authorities to forcefully quarantine citizens in the event of a health emergency, compel health providers to vaccinate citizens, authorize forceful entry into private dwellings and destruction of citizen property and impose fines on citizens for noncompliance.
If citizens refuse to comply with isolation or quarantine orders in the event of a health emergency, they may be imprisoned for up to 30 days and fined $1,000 per day that the violation continues.
What ever happened to freedom?
Hmm...Lefty government overstepping it's powers. Sadly typical. This is just another manifestation of the nanny state.
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