Pandering to frightened voters didn't work out well for Missouri politicos this Halloween.
A federal judge ruled Monday that parts of Missouri's new law restricting registered sex offenders’ actions on Halloween night are unenforceable . . .Protecting kids from sex offenders is obviously a good thing but so often politicos and everyone else ignores a frightening & tragic fact: By an overwhelming majority, when children are harmed, put in danger or molested IT'S MOST OFTEN BY A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW WELL. Blaming some anonymous bogey man lurking in the shadows and then drafting legislation to that end that sets a weird precedent for government keeping convicts under permanent house arrest after their time is served is obviously just at attempt to garner votes and esteem by using a gut wrenching subject on yet another holiday.
The law approved by the legislature in May and signed by Gov. Matt Blunt in June requires that sex offenders avoid all Halloween-related contact with children from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 31. It requires them to remain inside their homes with the outside lights off, and to post a sign saying they have no candy.
A violation is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail.
U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson said the law lacked clarity and could cause confusion for sex offenders and those who enforce the law. She granted a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of some parts of the law after hearing arguments in a case brought by four sex offenders.
Does this give the extra green light to the other 364 days for the pervs to enjoy little kids?
ReplyDeleteSeriously, where are the parents to all these kids that are being sexually violated on the door steps while the other kids wait for their candy?
there are 43 perv's registered in my neighborhood.
ReplyDeleteYou will all be very happy and relieved to know, that there has NEVER been a Halloweener in the history of the United States that has ever been molested by a registered sex offender.
ReplyDeleteBoth Halloween and Election Day are coming. So, we’re not at all surprised that politicians across the nation are once again posing as Heroes in the fight against the Great Sex Offender Trick-or-Treat Bogeyman. Under the banner of protecting children, they’re restricting the actions of all sex offenders on Halloween, and sending out hordes of probation officers to make sure they stay in their homes (and, in some states, target themselves by posting “No Candy Here” signs), while expecting sheriff and police officials to monitor sex offender compliance on an already especially busy night.
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It amazes me that it can be proved with government statics that there has NEVER been a case where a REGISTERED sex offender EVER molested a trick or treater at their door. Or harmed them in any way. So what is the problem here.
Well, politicians are the real scary ones out there. They and the news media for ratings and votes will do and say anything. That’s the bottom line.
When I grew up, I heard some of my elders tell me not to drink in that fountain because a black man or woman would drink from it. I always asked why could I not drink there? Would I get germs??? Would it make me sick??
In today’s society, the politician’s have lied to the public about the recidivism rates of sex offenders. Politician’s have lied to the public about “stranger danger” as most offenses occur between a family member or someone the victim knows. These are facts not just spouting’s.
Parents do need to keep an eye on their children as they always have, but there is no reason to believe that someone is lurking around the corner or behind every bush that is going to take an hurt your child.
Happy Halloween. Beware of politicians. They are the scariest of them all.
Only one who is inherently interested in fear mongering would use Halloween to petrify the public into thinking that Halloween is unsafe because of the presence of RSO’s. To calculate risk in epidemiology, you divide the number of cases divided by the population of interest. In this case it would be 1/650,000. The risk is so incredibly low that my calculator gives the division an error!!!!!! ” That is only for 1 year, now times that by say, 50 years. OH MY! Fear mongering is what the entertainment news media and politicians are MORE concerned about than protecting children.
MSLGWCEO at www.cfcoklahoma.org