Major flaw with proposed "Caylee's Law"

America, in classic form, is over-reacting to a perceived in justice. The recent push for a bill titled "Caylee's Law" out of Florida makes it a felony if a parent doesn't report a child missing in 24 hours; a FELONY. You read that right, the same as if you murdered someone or were caught selling cocaine. So let's play out the 'what if' here.

Example:

You send your kids on a vacation weekend in another state with your cousin and her husband and their kids. You don't know the husband very well, but you do know your cousin. Well you get a call on Monday saying that on their way back they got a flat tire and wouldn't be bringing your kids home until Wednesday. Wednesday rolls around and you get another call stating 'something' happened and they aren't going to be back till Friday if that is OK. You approve. Friday rolls around and you can't get a hold of your cousin or the husband. Turns out, they murdered your kids and are completely nuts.

Well, according to Caylee's Law you could now be a felon. You didn't report the missing child at any point, because you didn't believe they were missing.

There are also a million other 'what if' examples that blow this supposed 'bill' out of the water. How about we take a breath, not over-react, and think things through here? How about we act like adults, if only for a minute?

Please, someone, point to the multiple occasions...the near epidemic proportions..of parents not reporting children missing that warrants legislation making this one-off a FELONY. Why are we making it a felony to be a delinquent parent? Why not just issue licenses to even have a child?

Again America, try to think before you act.

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