Won’t Someone Think of the Children?
One of the top stories in the Post-Dispatch today reports that registered sex offenders will be closely monitored by increased police presence on Halloween.
There are some problems with sex offender registration as a whole, so it may not be worth the increased police presence. Some states require handgun owners to register with the state; would we want increased police presence outside the homes of registered gun-owners?
If parents worry (they will, and should, worry) for their children’s safety on this most-spooky holiday, perhaps their concern should center around more obvious dangers. The kind you can literally see coming.
Just avoid this guy at all costs.
Comment by Jacob Voss — October 30, 2008 @ 2:58 p.m.
Children are the future. They must be protected in every way and at all costs. I don’t care if we have to give up every single constitutional right to do so. I’ll gladly quarter soldiers in my home and be forced to tithe to a state religion. All I need is for someone to tell me that doing so might help one child somewhere, somehow…
Comment by David Stokes — October 30, 2008 @ 4:32 p.m.
“would we want increased police presence outside the homes of registered gun-owners?”
intentional irony? or just predictably govt-like horrible misallocation of resources?
Comment by vroman — November 1, 2008 @ 11:11 p.m.