May 26, 2025
Lock and Key
Timothy Birdnow
Here's the way liberals solve a problem like breaking and entering.
Come July Keys Will be De-Facto Illegal in Minnesota
Yes, the state that brought you Tim Walz is going to make it illegal to own keys.
They have backdoored this in by passing a new law restricting the amount of lead in anything. Most keys have more lead than the law allows so - no keys!
Of course this helps cut down the crime rate by forcing people to leave their homes and cars open, thus making it impossible to "break and enter" since the door was open. This pads the crime stats in the Democrats' favor!
From the article in Reason:
Lead and cadmium poisoning from keys has never been an issue in society. This is nothing but a way to control the populace.
And even if it's not the reality is the government has no business sticking it's nose here. There is no compelling state interest involved.
This is the nanny state run amok.
On the other hand the good people of Minnesota keep electing crazies into high positions in state government so perhaps there IS a lead problem. Clearly a lot of Minnesotans have some sort of brain damage...
Here's the way liberals solve a problem like breaking and entering.
Come July Keys Will be De-Facto Illegal in Minnesota
Yes, the state that brought you Tim Walz is going to make it illegal to own keys.
They have backdoored this in by passing a new law restricting the amount of lead in anything. Most keys have more lead than the law allows so - no keys!
Of course this helps cut down the crime rate by forcing people to leave their homes and cars open, thus making it impossible to "break and enter" since the door was open. This pads the crime stats in the Democrats' favor!
From the article in Reason:
The purpose of that law was to remove dangerous heavy metals from products that come into contact with children. The trouble is that almost all keys sold today have more lead than the new law's 0.09 percent limit on lead content.
Locksmiths have been warning that the state's lead ban will outlaw most of the products they sell. Alternative metals would require lengthy and expensive transition to using less functional materials, they say.
"Approximately 75 percent of all products that we stock have become prohibited for sale," said Rob Justen of Doyle Security Products.
"Aluminum is too brittle," another locksmith told Valley News Live. "It breaks instead of bends, and it's not as easily machined as brass is. The same problem with steel, it rusts and it's much harder to machine."
Lawmakers have proposed a range of fixes, including raising the lead threshold to 1.5 percent for keys (which is California's standard) or, more modestly, delaying the ban for another three years.
But a legislative fix is not locked in yet.
Locksmiths have been warning that the state's lead ban will outlaw most of the products they sell. Alternative metals would require lengthy and expensive transition to using less functional materials, they say.
"Approximately 75 percent of all products that we stock have become prohibited for sale," said Rob Justen of Doyle Security Products.
"Aluminum is too brittle," another locksmith told Valley News Live. "It breaks instead of bends, and it's not as easily machined as brass is. The same problem with steel, it rusts and it's much harder to machine."
Lawmakers have proposed a range of fixes, including raising the lead threshold to 1.5 percent for keys (which is California's standard) or, more modestly, delaying the ban for another three years.
But a legislative fix is not locked in yet.
Lead and cadmium poisoning from keys has never been an issue in society. This is nothing but a way to control the populace.
And even if it's not the reality is the government has no business sticking it's nose here. There is no compelling state interest involved.
This is the nanny state run amok.
On the other hand the good people of Minnesota keep electing crazies into high positions in state government so perhaps there IS a lead problem. Clearly a lot of Minnesotans have some sort of brain damage...
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Let the record show that neither my wife nor I voted for this stupidity!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 26, 2025 10:42 PM (km+Lu)
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at May 27, 2025 07:01 AM (Wcy6T)
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It's the idiots in Minneapolis and St. Paul who would vote for something like this, if anybody did. People who don't have to use keys to get into and out of their houses. Oops, I inadvertently described myself, because I (and my wife) always enter and exit by way of the garage door, and its electronic opener. Still, we use and respect keys -- to get into our mailbox, for example.
I must say I never saw this stupid thing on a ballot anywhere at any time.
I must say I never saw this stupid thing on a ballot anywhere at any time.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at May 27, 2025 10:16 PM (km+Lu)
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