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  Let it be well known that neither I, nor any of us in organizations who oppose sweeping sex offender laws, in any way condone rape, especially the rape of children.

Unfortunately, current SO laws do nothing to prevent sexual abuse. These laws are simply based on feel-good decisions that claim to “protect our kids” when in fact, many children are victimized by them.  Draconian legislation prevents sexual abuse from being reported since many potential abusers and even their victims fear the backlash or public humiliation involved. Not to mention that over 90% of these crimes are committed by people who are not on the Registry. Also, the minority of sex offenders who are truly dangerous are encouraged to go underground, leaving police with no clue as to where they are. So our attention is obviously focused in the wrong direction if we truly want to fight sexual abuse.

We who are on the side of the Constitution fully support legislation that not only preserves the civil rights of law-abiding offenders and their families, but also prevents sexual abuse with treatment for potential abusers and which includes rehabilitation along with punishment for serious offenders. These steps will dramatically help reduce sexual abuse as many experts will testify .

If these misleading sex offender laws continue to be implemented, rape and molestation crimes will continue and perhaps even grow. According to statistics, kids are less safe now than they were 20 years ago.

You may hear in the media that rape crimes have dropped, but remember that it’s impossible to know how often rape occurs since most rape crimes go unreported. Yet, legislators are hell-bent on over punishing people who urinate in public or look at a few dirty pictures on the Net while giving a thumbs up to real abusers who are not on any Registry and encouraging truly high-risk offenders to drop off the radar screen. Do you and your family members really feel safe knowing these facts?

We are dedicated to changing sex offender laws so that everyone will be safer, not just career politicians. So my statement here should clarify what our organizations stand up for - the preservation of the Constitution and prevention of sexual abuse.

Words to safely live by.

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