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 Jeb Bush: You Don't Pass a Pool Fencing Law After a Child Drowns (3)

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Jeb Bush: You Don't Pass a Pool Fencing Law After a Child Drowns

So in reaction to the recent shooting in Oreogn, presidential contender Jeb Bush said this: "A child drowned in a pool and the impulse is to pass a law that puts fencing around pools. Well it may not change it. Or you have a car accident and the impulse is to pass a law that deals with that unique event. And the cumulative effect of this is, in some cases, you don’t solve the problem by passing the law, and you’re imposing on large numbers of people burdens that make it harder for our economy to grow, make it harder to protect liberty.”

The thing is, in 2000 Governor Jeb Bush committed to signing the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act, referred to as the Preston de Ibern Act after a child who **nearly** drown in a residential swimming pool.  The act requires residential pool owners to take precautions to prevent children from swimming in their pools without supervision.

So what does this say about Jeb Bush and the comments he has been making on the campaign trail? 
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Jeb Bush 2016! :)

Even ignoring the hypocrisy, that quote is completely ridiculous. If a child drowns due to a lack of safety standards, then you create some safety standards. Duh.

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An infamous guy who ran for President a few years ago made millions by getting a law passed that required protective intake devices in pools to keep people from getting their intestines sucked out, as happened to a little girl!

Just goes to show ol' Jeb is "detached" from reality!

Oh, and , by the way, MY state DOES have a fencing law because children have died. HEY! JEB! YOOO HOOO!