School Shootings and Registration Politics – Evidence-Based or Political Power-Based?

(Weekly Update #210) Dear Members and Advocates, Sadly, this past week our country experienced another tragedy that has become all too common over the past several decades. Another school massacre took place in Texas. 21 people were killed, including 19 elementary school students. Now I understand that gun control is a very divisive topic and I’m not looking to go

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Ron Book’s Illness and Resources vs. Those of One on the Registry

(Weekly Update #207) Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday, numerous news outlets reported that lobbyist Ron Book has throat cancer and will begin chemotherapy and radiation treatment next week. Ron Book, has been one of the most outspoken proponents of registration restrictions. He is the architect of the Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR), he has publicly called our population “monsters”, he

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Registrant Trying to Recover from Cancer with No Place to Go

(Weekly Update #206) Dear Members and Advocates, In addition to working with FAC, I sit on a couple of boards and subcommittees with the goal of fostering successful reentry for individuals who are required to register. This morning’s monthly meeting of one particular subcommittee was held online and attended by some of the most dedicated and qualified people in our

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Brevard County Commission in Violation of First Amendment Rights

(Weekly Update #204) Dear Members and Advocates, You can’t say the Brevard County Commissioners didn’t see it coming. When they voted on a law to further restrict the exclusion zone for persons forced to register, and then excluded registrants from the public meeting held to discuss that proposal, you couldn’t design a more glaring violation of the First Amendment or

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