Lawmaker Looks To Ban Dangerous Display Hooks

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The insanity from the nanny staters never ends...

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BOSTON (WBZ) ― Beacon Hill lawmakers are reacting to a story you saw first on WBZ. A South Boston representative says he wants a law to protect our children from dangerous hooks in stores around the Bay State.

Metal display hooks -- they can be found in almost any store, and State Representative Brian Wallace of South Boston wants to ban them in Massachusetts because across the country, children like Noah Willemin are getting badly injured.

The 2-year-old fell on a display hook holding shiny bows. "He had lacerated his eyelid," explained Noah's mom Renee.

Gigi Zinkel, 5, was injured by one of these hooks after being bumped by another child. "I was crying and the bleeding was all over the floor."

"The hook went through her lip, through her gum," said Gigi's mom Laurie Zinkel.

We first told you about these children last week. After seeing our story, Wallace -- whose own daughter was injured by a metal hook -- wants to require stores to have safer displays. "I don't care about what it costs. Do it once. It's all you have to do. Save some lives. Save some eyesight. Save someone from brain injury. It's a no brainer for me."

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