The Danger to America’s Kids — Not What You Think

By Sandy Rozek, Communications Director for NARSOL

Jacob Wetterling’s abduction and death in 1989 led directly to a massive system of laws that today affects close to a million men, women, and children plus their family members.

In that same year, 1989, the death by firearms of 4,384 children and teens caused barely a blip on the radar.

What if, instead of just Jacob, there had been ten such deaths? Fifty? A hundred?

Read the rest of NARSOL’s piece here.


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13 thoughts on “The Danger to America’s Kids — Not What You Think

    • June 7, 2023

      So now are all sex crimes considered violent? I would think that at face value some sex crimes would have to be considered nonviolent. I wish I had gone to law school.

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      • June 7, 2023

        No, not all sex crimes are forcible felonies (as defined by the Florida Statutes) or violent (based on the dictionary definition of that term). This is part of what’s wrong with the article. It makes the erroneous presumption that all sex crimes are violent crimes, which is an untrue premise.

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        • June 7, 2023

          The article makes no such error. Sex crimes are not even mentioned, except in our own comments.

          The ruling was applied to food stamp fraud.

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      • June 7, 2023

        That’s the question, will they go back and make all sex offense violent to keep us under their thumb?
        I don’t know how a crime like sex on the beach in public could constitute as violent but it can lead you on the registry so it will be interesting to see how this shapes out.
        What I noticed was this was in the 3rd court of appeals in Pennsylvania. One of the issues that one of judges had in the Sorna Pennsylvania case was potentially giving felons guns rights back if our right to character challenge wins since felons could potentially use our defense, now this decision forces his hand. So I see this as a plus for us.

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        • June 7, 2023

          A win would be nice. I’m not someone who would own a gun, record or not, but I see that a win here could hopefully lead to wins elsewhere. Such as voting.

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