American lawmakers spend a lot of time writing legislation to keep dangerous objects — from firearms to drugs to pedophiles — away from schools. (Had any of these politicians met an actual human child, they might want to instead protect adults by banning schoolchildren from appearing anywhere outside a school.)
But now the City of Milwaukee has identified another practice so pernicious it must be kept away from the walls of our sacred K–12 institutions. The city’s planning commission has recommended a new rule barring vape shops from operating within 1,000 feet of elementary or secondary schools, libraries, playgrounds, and day-care centers. (Potential loophole: Who will protect fetuses from firing up vape pens in utero?)
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