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.
And now we have this. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-cannot-disarm-people-convicted-of-non-violent-crimes-appeals-court/ar-AA1cd8K3?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=69cdea3419fa483894c76b2345e3b25f&ei=24
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“I’ve heard people say you have a better chance if you murdered somebody with like, moving on in your life after you’ve done your time,” Budnick said.
https://www.wunc.org/news/2022-04-18/sex-offender-registry-makes-re-entry-a-balancing-act-of-restrictions-without-resources
We reap what we sow. We’ve sown hatred and division in our communities through these registries for decades and now the distrust and hostility has borne the fruit of violence.
Riff Raff the article thread or web thread you posted sounds pretty good but this victim/offender is a bit double standard. I am sure there is a trama type experience whether one is caught up on the internet or one is actually doing a physical encounter in real time.
One has to understand that the internet is just a tool. Its the operator usually the authorities that are putting those in danger in this masquarade. I remember the sargent saying to me. I know what I did and I know how I did it. So what law authority tells you to come down and talk dirty to them before or after the fact?
Sure theirs danger to kids when someone try’s to break another down with some sexual enticement. Hey I was on a hundred thousand bond. Its not easy to bond out in those circumstances. Whether one goes to prison or not who is the victim or who is the real offender in this danger to American kids.
“Few things are harder for kids to bear than being scapegoated” Seems much of the principal of this sex registry are bad in a lot of ways.
https://phys.org/news/2023-05-sentencing-child-sex-abusers-victim.html
What an article from NARSOL. Guess one can say all advocacy groups are different in many ways and means with their thoughts. I’m sure many get so burned out about hashing this registry around. So is the registry dangerous to American kids?
Well the internet is dangerous to many. One is texting to another and playing games either for fun or to out smart the other one. Maybe we should all go back to the sit com of “Get Smart”.
Yes their are many dangerous things but the internet is a selfless seeking dangerous. Many wouldn’t be on the registry if it wasn’t for the computer and the wicked scheming of government operators.
Sure we can say gun control or its all about the database or the scheme of things. So were does the abomination come in or who is raping who today with this wicked planning.
Ever notice when it’s guns that kills kids all they can do is “thoughts and prayers?”
But it’s scorched earth when someone downloads illicit images or a trans person wants to use a public bathroom.
The selective targeting proves their agenda is carefully orchestrated for voters that fly off the handle easily. It’s all outrage bait for votes.
From Men in Black, “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat…”
I always think of that line from the movie when I read articles like this. Because people are dangerous panicky animals who think with their feelings and emotions way more than using logic and looking at actual data.
There is mounting evidence the registry does nothing. There is a Mount Everest of data showing the recidivism rate is below 10%, not the 80% used by the US Supreme Court to justify taking away the constitutional rights of a 1M+ people. You would think someone on the court would publicly say, “We might have gotten that one wrong” and Chief Justice John Roberts would accept a case to give the court a opportunity to right an incredible wrong based on LOGIC and what the FACTS show.
But no, the court does nothing while registrants and their families suffer for something that is not making one damn bit of difference.