AR: Legislator not afraid to speak out against nonsense Halloween sex offender ban.
Sen. Trent Garner, of Arkansas, sponsored Senate Bill 10, which would make it a class D felony, punishable by up to six years in prison, for a level 3 or 4 sex offender to give candy to a minor or wear a mask or costume around a minor at any “Halloween-related” event.
More ridiculous than the bill (which ignores all studies showing there is no increase in sexual assaults during Halloween) is that it was approved Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But not all legislators were in favor of the bill. Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, committee vice chairman, said “We’re going over the edge, and I’m wondering what’s next… Is there an island you want to put them on?”
Those in Arkansas should urge their senators to oppose the bill.
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I guess the ex-offenders have to ask for ID’s to be safe. Ridiculous! How do you even know that a minor is present if everyone is in costume? I don’t hold Halloween so dear that any bans concerning it would affect me, but I still have never seen a rash of sexual assaults against children on or around Halloween. It is likely a safer period simply because of the crowds involved. Traffic accidents are the biggest danger on Halloween. Why don’t they ban vehicles during trick-or-treat hours? THAT, at least, would make some sense.
As I mentioned in the past, so I do now! If, these naferious politicians (both sex) who are afflicted with selfworth, self-rightousness, hypocricy and grandiose and the law enforcement carrying out their gestpo laws continues as is, their next lagislation will be quarrentine. After quarrentine, consentration camps (enprisonment)… It doesn’t take much guessing what comes afterward. The destruction of the U.S. Constitution has to start some where, why not here?! I would guess the percentage of americans who hate any type of ‘sex offense(ders)’ is very high and would like to rid the world of them, but they will allow the murders and the most vile and vicious criminals run rampant time after time. As the pharasees hated Jesus Christ so much and delivered HIM to Pilate for death (Pilate tried to free him), but the Pharasees shouted ‘not this man’ free Barabbas (who was a convicted murderer, among other crimes done in the name of GOD)!! They got what their hearts wanted, but in the end, the Pharasiticals brought death and destruction on their own people- 70 A.D. Rome laid waste to Jeruslem and killed over 3 million Isrealites. This was after the 3 year seige and the Jews began to cannibalize their dead. I say all this, when a nation begins to create new laws targetting a certian group of people for online ‘Sex Registry’ (for all the world to see- which is nothing more than a basic modern day branding tool- restrictions, and is required to allow law enforcement to come to your resident any time they want. If you don’t comply, you face a felon charge of non-compliance. If, this is not ominousness and sinster, please explain to me what is?
Giving candy in and of itself is no crime: i see no way this should be criminalized.
This bill agrees with most candidates\mantra: “THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW!” If only legislators were warned/held accountable, had to spend the minimum prison time associated with asinine bills championed by themselves, the state/federal statutes would not increase as they have. Increased to the point where at sometime, somewhere each US citizen is guilty of something!
Brava! A politician with integrity & common sense.
Stupid politician suggests stupid law as useless as he is.
Diversion to appear to be tough on crime while doing nothing except kicking those deliberately kept down.
Another paid government bully and nothing more.