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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by fzeroracer on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:56PM (#33627485)
You should generally assume that if something is happening in Texas that the other states are better, not worse. The government here is about as hyper hypocritical as it can get and no one actually cares about government overreach except when it has something vaguely to do with guns.

In dark blue WA for example this isn't really a problem nor are there any laws on the books prohibiting it.

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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by minimal-o on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @04:44PM (#33631138)
Hyper hypocritical is one way to put it I reckon. I'm more inclined to characterize it as an extreme, out-of-control right-wing sh1tsh0w at this point in the state's modern history. Born and raised Texan with very deep historical roots there ...
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Re:Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for 8-Year-Old Son Walking Half a ... by 0xBDB on Thursday November 17, 2022 @06:33PM (#33647529)
It happens all over the country, which is why Texas is one of a handful of states that has an (apparently ineffective) law against it. Quite literally 30 seconds of Googling turned up egregious cases in Florida, Massachusetts, California, and Maryland; I haven't found Washington State yet but I feel reasonably confident I could with some more effort.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/free-range-kids-and-our...

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