Today, Captain Bob Munsey, who is a contributor to the Orlando Sentinel and happens to be a registered citizen, had an Opinion piece featured in the Sentinel (article appears below).

Captain Munsey enlisted in the Naval Air Reserve in 1962 and received a presidential appointment to the US Naval Academy from President Kennedy (one of only one hundred nationwide). He retired as a Naval Captain, after twenty-nine (29) years of service to our country. Even in retirement, he continues to serve the country and his community through volunteer work for countless organizations.

He bravely fought for the citizens of our country during his accomplished tenure in the military and he continues to fight for the constitutional rights of ALL citizens today by very bravely standing up and speaking out! One misstep, almost 20 years ago, in a life that is otherwise so accomplished should not resign a decorated veteran to be a second class citizen!

We salute you Captain Munsey!

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No matter how a person may have corrected his or her actions and paid for failures, in the state of Florida, it’s “once a felon, always a felon.” What is such a policy as this supposed to solve?

On a recent evening I listened in on a Reform Sex Offender Laws Inc. conference call about sex-offender registries, whose effectiveness increasingly is being called into question.

It has been proved that isolation and disenfranchisement only contributes to recidivism. And when evidence is not based on emotion but facts and statistics, sex offenders have the lowest recidivism rates of any felonies — despite efforts by legislators to keep them out of their homes, their families, their communities and the job market.

Don’t get me wrong: There are some offenders who are dangerous. If released to society, they need to be in a registry and monitored. But that applies only to about 10 percent of sex offenders.

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