Another prime example of a politician or two trying to make political points during a public hysteria.
How about SUV free zones within the same distance of children?
How about GUN owner free zones within the same distance of children?
This is a good concept regarding CONVICTED pedophiles but it solves nothing. They can LIVE outside the zones and prey inside the zones. The only way to track would be some monumental, monsterous USSR style travel papers/internal passport system.
Where in the Constitution does it state that a criminal can't lose any privileges? While it's against the law to bar someone from living in a certain place based on race, sex, etc., no such protection is extended to criminals.
No it won't.
What it will create is are "law-abiding pedophile-residence-free zones".
In other words, only those convicted pedophiles who are (now) obeying the law will not be living in those zones.
Those "pedophile-free zones" will still have those who who haven't been caught and those who aren't registered living in them, and those zones will have all groups going to and fro within.
How many will let down their guard because they're in a "pedophile-free zone"? Too many, I bet.
But it'll look good on a politican's resume.
If Constitutional, every municipality in the state could adopt similar ordinances? Won't be surprised if this is shot down by the State court system, to prevent all the paedophiles from being dumped in the poorest areas of the state.