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Does a Grooming Ban Help or Hurt?
the idea comes from the UK, where groups want to be able to file what amounts to restraining orders preventing anyone who appears to be grooming a child from being around that child or any other before a crime has been committed. That all sounds well and good, and I’m all for finding ways to…
