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

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 15:31:36 +0000

In reply to Tereto. I think we can all agree that either type of crime can damage a child for life.

By: DavidM

DavidM — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 13:59:23 +0000

In reply to JoeM. There is another comparison I see in the mass shooting debate. As to who should be allowed to have AR 15 assault rifles and other fire arms. Sure some people are responsible, we’re not worried about them. But the few that are not can cause a lot of misery pain heartache and death. The registry is like the AR15 assault rifle that has been handed out free to whomever wants one without reserve. Sure some are responsible , it’s not those we are concerned about but just because some are responsible does that justify making it ok to hand out assault rifles to everyone. But that is exactly what government has done. For what reason ? Especially since it has been proven over and over that it protect s nobody.

By: Tereto

Tereto — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:08:59 +0000

So which would scar a child for life more? Being touched or solicited inappropriately, or almost losing your life to a gunman? Sexting or having been shot? Having sex wilfully or watching a friend’s brains shot out? Molested or losing a teacher or friend due to death, while in fear for your own? While actual rape can definitely be devastating, so to can be watching a fellow classmate gunned down, and waiting for it to happen to you as well! So who’s the real monster? Which has the most life changing trauma? Which do you fear more? Losing your life, or any of the above?

By: TruthandScience

TruthandScience — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:57:50 +0000

Once Again…Empirical Data that has been Verified and Validated……

Everything else is Hogwash and Everyones Wasted TIME!

By: Rachel d

Rachel d — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 16:22:54 +0000

I’m in Jacksonville and the worst part of the Cherish Perrywinkle case is that it was COMPLETELY preventable. This happened at a Walmart. The killer conned the idiot/gullible(?) mother into letting him take the child to get something to eat with the promise of spending more money on her when he got back. Who does that??
What law can you enact that would have stopped that? These laws keep getting worse with no end in sight, and with zero effect on the actual problem. And for us and families like us, the nightmare continues….

By: DavidM

DavidM — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:52:53 +0000

Your weekly update brought up the same questions as I also had. To add sex offenses thou terrible are just one of many crimes that leave there victims traumatized most even for life. Think of the survivors of the Texas incident. Also for individuals who have been bullied or robbed or raised in a violent environment. Many of us have had to deal with one or several of these things. Which will scar us for the rest of our lives . But for some unknown reason sex crimes are the only ones that bother the public enough to get a universal response. Why??? Not only a response but a continuous on and on and on pilling on more and more punishment on top of punishment . Not for new crimes but for things that happened decades ago. Legislators seem stuck in a rut they can’t get out of or see beyond.
All the legal debate about sex offense constitutional limitations all boils down to one problem , the public registry and what it’s called. Get rid of that and all the other add on punishments would go away.
As far people like Daggett we feel for her and her anguish and wish the best for her. But most of the people who she is going after are not the ones who caused her problems nor have they caused anyone else trauma but yet she is attempting to punish people she knows nothing about. Most politicians have no conscience as to whether they punish innocent people or if the punishment meets the crime. They think there job is just to pass laws. After that it’s out of their hands. They go on to something else. They get in their fancy car and relax in their fancy house with no care as to how many lives they have destroyed today.

By: JoeM

JoeM — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 14:37:29 +0000

The whole school “mass shooting“ topic raises some interesting things not necessarily associated with gun control, but with hysteria. In the wake of this tragedy, we have heard the press trumpet about how this is a “national epidemic“ and they say that over the last 10 years there have been X number of school shootings that have resulted in the death of something like 350 people. That is horrible, but how horrible. If you consider the number of homicides over that same period of time it’s probably in the neighborhood of at least 160,000, it’s a pretty insignificant proportion. It’s kind of in the same range or less than the other “epidemic “ which are the 40 to 50 police officers that are killed by criminals every year in the line of duty. But we are familiar with such hysteria. Stranger danger. The “fact“ that sex offenders are highly likely to reoffend. The fact remains that even with the craziness caused by the Covid “cabin fever“ and such, the percentage of murder victims who have had, well, let’s call it previous contact with a criminal justice system, MIGHT have dropped from over 90% to perhaps as low as 85% in some jurisdictions. The numbers for perpetrators Ravenna Gentefied is more like a 95% “contact with the criminal justice system“ rate. That lower number for victims is what was reported in Baltimore last year. Lots of people like to make arguments about how their favorite rights are actual real rights and the ones they don’t like or not rates at all and cannot be found in the constitution, etc. Unfortunately, folks like us are quite familiar with these arguments. The restrictions that are imposed on us are in no way punishment, right? At least that’s what the courts have said. There’s a long winded post, but the point being that folks like us should be very wary ANY time That we hear hysterical masses of people screaming “their ought to be a law. “That’s kind of how we got where we are today.