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Mandatory “Safe Storage” comes to mind.

A Jewish New Year celebration ended in tragedy Monday night after a toddler from upstate New York drowned to death in a toilet while visiting family in Brooklyn.

The 14-month-old boy identified as Mendi Altman was found lying face down in the toilet bowl by his 13-year-old cousin at around 11pm inside his aunt’s home in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn.

Some might be surprised by this death, but its fairly common for young children to drown in small amounts of water, such as bathtubs, pools, buckets, and toilets. They make locking units for toilet lids, and I don’t think they make a bucket without a warning pictogram on the side of it.

The thing to note is that this toddler was VISITING a home, so while the toilet at home might be secured with a locking devise, this house was not. It brings to mind the Massachusetts asinine and illegal “Safe Storage” laws, mandating people who don’t live with children or unlicensed people still lock up their guns. Also it mandates LOCKS, not just simple mechanical hindrances like child safety device.

How long would the people who use “Gun Death” for political gain change their tune if a key lock (with the key kept far away from the lock, and inaccessible to underage children) be placed on EVERY toilet, no matter where the toilet is located, or who lives in the home?

They only like putting restrictions on things they DON’T use!

h/t Bob

Yikes!

A woman has died after she was hit and then dragged along the street by a New York cab, according to police.

Pelagia Zingatan, 65, who worked at a medical center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan was crossing the street with a friend when a taxi minivan plowed into her on Monday afternoon.

Ms Zingatan was dragged along the street under the back tire, bystanders said, before the vehicle came to a halt.

Now in most places, New York included, require special licenses for taxi cabs. That goes beyond the licensing and registration of cars and drivers.

So what “Common sense” laws could have prevented this “Gun Death”?

h/t Bob