[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law

[terry l. ridder]

hello ries;

a voice of reason crying out in the wilderness of the internet. ;-)

On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, Ries Niemi wrote:

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>
> But as I said before-
>
> A- this is NOT law, and most likely will not become law. I get so tired
> of half truths and just made up stuff becoming internet sensations.
> There is NO PLACE in the USA where you have to have a Saw Stop on your
> table saw.
>
>
> B- I am not talking about fall protection, or safety vests, when I say-
> Saw Stops work. They stop people from cutting off their fingers. In any
> employment situation, where you are responsible for employees health,
> they make sense.
>
> And,
> C-   there are many many cases of the market failing big time on safety
> issues. The market does not care about human life, only about dollars.
>

i can testify to that.

>
> Would we really be better off without seatbelts in cars, without safety
> glass in windshields,  and so on?
> Do you really want asbestos insulation in houses, lead paint on baby
> toys, or E coli in your hamburgers?
>

well no.

>
> Government regulation has saved millions of lives in america. Certainly
> there is a middle ground, between too much and too little.
> Since there are NO laws requiring Saw Stops right now, I would say we
> are still firmly in that middle ground.
>

amen to that. hopefully, we will stay there.

>
> ries
>

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terry l. ridder ><>