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posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 05 2018, @11:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the another-list dept.

Eleven U.S. states have pending animal abuse registry legislation:

Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Columbine High School shooters are among the infamous criminals who had a history of hurting animals before they went on to target humans, a tendency that's part of what's behind a movement to create public online registries of known animal abusers.

New York is among 11 states with animal abuse registry bills pending in their legislatures, following Tennessee, which started its in 2016 along with a growing number of municipalities in recent years, including New York City, and the counties that include Chicago and Tampa, Florida.

"Animal abuse is a bridge crime," said the sponsor of New York's bill, Republican state Sen. Jim Tedisco, who noted that Nikolas Cruz, accused of killing 17 people in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting on Feb. 14, reportedly also had a history of shooting small animals.

While the main goal of collecting names of convicted animal abusers is to prevent them from being able to adopt or purchase other animals, registry backers say such lists could also be a way to raise red flags about people who may commit other violent crimes ranging from domestic violence to mass shootings. But some animal welfare advocates, mostly notably the ASPCA, question how effective they can really be.

[Ed's Comment - Original link unreliable, so I have added additional links]
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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday March 05 2018, @04:58PM (9 children)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday March 05 2018, @04:58PM (#648038)

    Just to echo the AC responder, are you really that fucking stupid, or are you intentionally lying? Because it's plainly obvious that I never advocated for what you claim I did. So either you're a fucking moron or a fucking troll.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Freeman on Monday March 05 2018, @05:22PM (8 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Monday March 05 2018, @05:22PM (#648047) Journal

    Sorry, my brain must have been turned off this morning. I re-read your comment and yeah, I'm not sure what I was thinking.

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    • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday March 05 2018, @06:01PM (7 children)

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday March 05 2018, @06:01PM (#648070)

      Wow, thanks.

      Well, here's another example of where this site needs the ability to edit or delete comments afterwards. This happens to me once in a while on Reddit, and when it does, I just go and delete the angry comment that's no longer called for, which also ends up making it hard to see the rest of ensuing thread which is at this point unnecessary. There's no reason to keep around angry comments that are just the result of a total misunderstanding.

      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Grishnakh on Monday March 05 2018, @06:16PM (1 child)

        by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday March 05 2018, @06:16PM (#648077)

        Also, I apologize for being overly harsh with my reply.

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @05:29PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @05:29PM (#648577)

          why don't you apologize for your seditious post? the feds don't have authority over the locals in this fucking country. if you are native born you are woefully ignorant of how this country is supposed to work.

      • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday March 05 2018, @08:14PM (2 children)

        by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Monday March 05 2018, @08:14PM (#648137) Journal

        There's another fix. Let go of all human emotions, all desires, all motivations. You need to shed the essence of your very humanity so that you'll never be compelled to write the angry comment in the first place. A number of meditative, chemical, or surgical fixes can accomplish this.

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        • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday March 05 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)

          by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday March 05 2018, @08:44PM (#648158)

          Fixing the site would be a lot easier.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @09:21PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 05 2018, @09:21PM (#648189)

            There's another fix. Let go of all human emotions, all desires, all motivations.

            Fixing the site would be a lot easier.

            Yeah, but the idea of me handing out free icepick lobotomies sounds a lot more fun.

      • (Score: 4, Funny) by Reziac on Tuesday March 06 2018, @03:16AM

        by Reziac (2489) on Tuesday March 06 2018, @03:16AM (#648337) Homepage

        Maybe we need a couple more mod options.

        One the poster can use: "Sorry, fucked up"
        One the respondent can use "Sorry, didn't mean to jump your shit"

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      • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @05:51AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @05:51AM (#648375)

        Nah, maybe you'll think next time before getting unhinged. After all, the AC apparently expressed your sentiments (which I can definitely understand, there are lots of trolls that appear like that), and yet you still felt you needed to rant off under your name.