You run smack dab into the conflict between protecting the safety of children versus protecting the rights of the innocent. Those two things are a perfect storm of conflict. The safety of children should trump, but we don't have the mechanism in place to make that happen.

We're opposed to it, across the board. It's a property rights issue and it's a public safety issue.

Over a decade of conflict we have seen the human rights situation steadily worsening, with increasing numbers of civilian killings and injuries and, for a time, the highest number of reported 'disappearances' in the world.

If we have a safety issue for our kids, then I think we have to proceed.

It was careless, but it was not a willful and reckless disregard for safety.

The mattress standard is an important step forward for consumer safety. A reasonable standard for upholstered furniture, which has been under development for many years, now appears to be imminent. We could see the culmination of these efforts result in regulations that would address the significant number of deaths and injuries that continue to occur each year due to furniture-related fires.