And put them on lists. Then, gun criminals on a list that was struck down. Up next, a DWI registry.

Sex offender registries: They’re not just for sex offenders anymore. The expanding list of crimes that label one a sex offender is ridiculous. Sexting, for instance. These registries are expensive but are overloaded with useless information. The neighbor’s kid got fined for peeing in public is treated the same as the baby-raper.

Ok, raise your hand if you saw this coming: Tennessee needs a “Repeat DUI Offender” registry similar to the state sex offender registry people can check out on the Internet, state Sen. Mike Faulk says. Soon, we’ll have registries for every crime. Of course, if we had a registry of tax cheats, it’d make Obama’s […]

Technology has put a damper on some constitutional protections. You see, the automobile has made it so that searches are reasonable as long as you search everyone. And indoor plumbing means that it is not longer necessary for the police to knock on your door. Now, technology takes a bite out of the fifth amendment […]

And put them on registry. Then, pushes for gun crimes. Then gang members. Then, DUI offenders. And, now, owners of dangerous dogs. You, tomorrow.

Now, a proposal for folks convicted of gun crimes to go on a registry. Kinda like how they made sex offender registries and then sex crimes just stopped.

In TN, the state will monitor sexual offenders. Monitor being a nice euphemism for forbidding them from doing certain things: The offenders cannot answer the door for trick-or-treaters, pass out candy, decorate their homes, host Halloween parties or wear costumes. Attending corn mazes, haunted houses, hayrides or other seasonal activities is not permitted. I’m no […]

Now, GPS tracking of gang members.

A gun offender registry. Eventually, there will be a list for all of us.

17 year-old kid becomes a registered sex offender because he had sex with his 15 year-old girlfriend. A few years later, he’s arrested for being within some arbitrary distance of a school. He was playing basketball in his driveway. I’ve mentioned before that I have, in the past, done some work with sexual offenders. A […]

The Daily Times: Beginning July 1, registered sex offenders in Tennessee must tell authorities of any e-mail, user name or instant messaging screen name they use.

Indeed. As someone who coined the phrase “First, they came for the sex offenders“, I think so. People have wanted to do put gun criminals and other groups in registries.

First, they came for the sex offenders.

First, they came for the sex offenders . . .

Michael Silence and Adam Kleinheider both have posts on a subject that is critically important. It is about our freedom. Tennessee State Sen. Jamie Woodson’s office has introduced legislation to the Tennessee General Assembly that would require convicted sex offenders in Tennessee to provide all electronic communications information to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). […]