Only women (of both genders) will do that. Rational people will recall that when we were that age, we had actual FREEDOM, and didn't allow occasional news stories from far-away states to cow us into denying our children their own Freedom to explore their world.
Those who sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither, and will have neither.
That is hysteria, not data.
Sexual predators of children need to be dispatched, not out of cruelty toward them, but simply to protect children.
However, we don’t execute people who do this anymore. Just a massive show trial and then maybe guilty or not, depending on how stupid your jury was (Casey Anthony) or smart your lawyer was.
And then of course, IF found guilty, they’re in for Life at the worst (and let out after 15-20 years). No instant hanging, as should be. No outrage by concerned parents and citizens, just more hunkering down and gasping behind fingers held to their lips.
Moral outrage and the action it used to garner is gone.
In 2003, 1591 children under 15 were killed in vehicle crashes.
So you should be arrested when you drive your kid.
Sources:
http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/nismart2_nonfamily.pdf
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809762.pdf
If it was just the 7 year old, a 1/2 mile is probably a bit too far, but with her 11 year old older sister? Please, this is absolute craziness..
Yes they could get snatched, but so can your 15 year old daughter or son.
I would throw this out if I were the judge, or better yet if I was the DA just refuse to put it before the grand jury. Unless there is something else going on here not reported, this is not a crime.
While child abductions are horrible, I think a rational person will consider risk vs. probability.
The alternative: “helicopter” around your kids all day - or teach them never get out of bed - and always wear a helmet in the shower.
The prevalence of that is exceedingly rare. VERY very sad when it happens, and it results from 50 years of liberal control - lack of ability to put people away where they won’t harm anybody. BUT, it’s a rare event, like a plane crash, that creates a bias in us that’s unwarranted. You can’t stop living because there’s danger in the world. That child will grow up twisted if the parents try. At any rate, having a parent arrested for letting a child out of the house is unprecedented.