I can’t help but wonder La Vel James caused any problems during those 12 years? Or is he just further proof that the registry is not really needed?

March 18, 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A loophole in Florida’s sexual offender registration law would be closed under a Senate bill unanimously passed Thursday in response to a child molester who didn’t have to register because he didn’t pay a court-ordered fine.

A judge ruled last year that Ray La Vel James of Tampa, who spent 12 years in prison after being convicted of molesting two girls at a public pool, didn’t have to register as a sex offender because the law states registration isn’t required until a sentence is completed — and he hadn’t paid of a $10,000 fine that was part of his sentence.

“This man is the very definition of someone who should and must be on the sex offender registry and subject to things like community monitoring and residency restrictions, but because of this loophole, he could be living right next to a community pool,” said Democratic Sen. Lauren Book, the bill’s sponsor.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Florida-Senate-votes-to-close-sex-offender-16037006.php

Capt

That is EXACTLY why the Government eventually WILL impose mandatory gun registration everywhere. When uprisings pop up they will know which houses to look out for and also possible confiscate weapons from in case of an invasion.

Anyone who thinks I am full of it, if someone had told you 5 years ago that one day soon the entire World would come to a screaming halt due to a World wide pandemic, you would not have believed me.
HECK, I wouldn’t have believed me. And yet it is right there in the Bible.

Matthew 24:6-14 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

First plague: The contents of the first bowl will cause painful sores upon those “who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image” (Revelation 16:2). It appears these painful, open sores will be caused by some sort of skin disease or infection.

Guns to protect citizens from an out of control government was the original intent of the second amendment. A government that knows the citizens are armed is a government that will think twice before exercising its tyranny.

Yet, the US Congress is passing legislation that makes “revenge porn” a federal offense.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/revenge-porn-new-federal-crime-prison-time-violence-against-women-act

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-atlanta-suspect-isn-t-the-first-to-blame-sex-addiction-for-heinous-crimes-but-scientists-are-dubious/ar-BB1eIs3G?ocid=msnews

I’m not talking about Registering guns in any way. I’m talking about Registering people. Gun Offenders. They should have all the punishments/harassment/restrictions that “sex offenders” have and more. That’s common sense and if it saves one child, it’s worth it.

Not that it is related, but guns are never going to protect anyone from out-of-control big government. You see what they are doing to PFRs. They’ll do what they want. Is a gun protecting any PFR? Anyone else? You try to protect yourself with a gun and they’ll shoot you and put you in the ground or prison. That’s why I prefer to attack individuals in government, mostly economically, and guerilla style.

Id love to restore registrants’ 2nd Amendment rights but am under no illusions that doing so would allow us to make a dent in an oppressive registry law. If anything, it would result in public hysteria over “armed sex offenders” and larger Sheriff budgets for weapons, SWAT gear, and tactical training.

Actually there is a big difference between legal and illegal guns being registered. Registering guns that are legally owned make it much easier for a tyrannical government to confiscate guns from citizens. The second amendment is not there for hunters; it’s there for peace loving citizens to protect themselves from criminals and a government that is out of control. I suspect that most gun related crimes are not committed by those who passed a background check to purchase their gun. Today we have a government that will use any and every excuse to control the citizenry. The Constitution is in place to protect the citizens, not the government. A government that does not have a healthy respect for the citizens is a government that will remove all freedoms and make slaves/servants of all except those who are in on the conspiracy.

Does it matter if the guns were legal or not? I don’t get why legal gun owners would be worried about Registering gun criminals.

If you have shot your next door neighbor with a gun, you are nearly certainly more dangerous to society than someone who has viewed CP. So why would such a person be allowed to live near a school? What about stray bullets? Why wouldn’t that person be Registered because their new neighbors have a “right to know”? And just like with PFRs for sex offenses, big government would certainly want to know when such a person intended to go on a vacation with their family. So they could harass them.

Or how about the guy who got mad that school children were cutting across his lawn from school so he took a shovel and bashed one of their faces in? Is that more dangerous than looking at pictures? Or exposing oneself to women? Or, or, or? Should any person who has physically assaulted a child live by a school? Or running around inside of it?

Should drunk drivers live by schools?

The sex offense registries have nothing to do with public safety or protecting children. They exist for harassment and vengeance and to make little people feel better. And some people love the $$$, of course.