What's Up With... The Dive Stick Recall?

You must have seen by now that the Government is recalling 20 million dive sticks-- those hard, cylindrical toy things that you stand at the bottom of your swimming pool and dive down to retrieve.

According to the New York Times, "the safety commission said that at least six children had been rectally or vaginally impaled by the toys... which have been on the market for about 20 years at various retail stores."

Now, we hate the idea of kids getting hurt-- whether in the middle of spirited, summer aquatic group horseplay or more private, personal explorations in a quiet pool when mom's gone inside to make some lemonade. But recalling 20 million units of a tried-and-true summer toy? That sounds like an overreaction-- and to us, it's an overreation based on ire that would better be focussed on, say, the guns that kids the same age are also playing with.