VIDEO: Volusia County Council Considering Banishment Ordinances for People on the Sex Offender Registry
The Volusia County Council members were considering drafting an ordinance that would expand the state’s residency restriction requirement from 1000 feet to 1500 feet for all people on the sex offender registry. Additionally, they wanted an ordinance that would make it illegal for any adult who was unaccompanied by a minor to enter a county playground area.
Fortunately, there were members of the council who preferred to listen to sound judgment rather than unmerited hysteria on parts of the proposed ordinances. Some council members expressed concern for unintended consequences and questioning if there was a need for such ordinances.
Unfortunately, though, the council did vote to proceed in the drafting of an ordinance that would expand the residency restrictions for those labeled as a predator to 1500 feet in the unincorporated parts of the county.
Watch the video below or on YouTube.
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Per the U.S constitution (Make what you want of it, that is what lawyers and judges do)
Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Article related to the story https://www.observerlocalnews.com/news/2023/jun/27/county-council-to-explore-increased-residence-distance-requirements-for-sexual-offenders-predators/
Ask for something extreme so that the thing you really want will seem more acceptable….
Cause this plan has proven to be effective????
This nation is based on LIBERTY (that means freedom). It should be an extremely rigorous task to restrict any liberty, whatsoever! It should be an extremely difficult, uphill battle to restrict the freedom (Liberty) of any citizen (such as taking away the right of ordinary persons, of any age, to swing on a county-owned swingset). I was glad to hear such a lively debate, but not one of these men pointed to the US flag behind the dais nor mentioned the words “liberty” or “freedom”. They simply discussed the effect of a new ordinance instead of the PRINCIPLES that must guide any sort of discussion of this sort – namely, the Liberty and Freedom that this nation was founded on! —Furthermore, removing the available dwelling units in the county ( by 1/3rd) of returning citizens who have completely and entirely paid their debts to society, when evidence of the efficacy of this is lacking would have been extremely unjust. I am glad that these fine people demanded evidence first!
Liberty is a nebulous concept. Just look how that hate group “Mon’s for Liberty” has co-opted and hijacked “liberty” and radicalized conspiracy theories for their own personal message of entitlement.
They don’t want “liberty for all,” because that would take away their hate messaging and make them irrelevant. They can’t exist without marginalizing and witch hunting out groups.
They’re just coat-tailing the “child safety” propaganda train to make their message appear relevant.
I watched it live, for a long long time. But I think even though they decided to look at it again it’s not necessarily a loss yet. They said the area eligible for registrants to live would be cut by a third. If they tried to make people move because the new address restrictions that is a huge law suit. So it’s not great to think of it in terms like that, because people have to suffer until the courts get it right. But I really think this is important because at least one of them is concerned but losing that much area.
When rational arguments, take a backseat to irrational law’s.
5 years ago, interesting read,,,,,,,,,,,,,
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/making-sex-offenders-pay-and-pay-and-pay-and-pay/