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Such laws in the longrun are counter-productive...
The vast majority of people who look at such images (real or simulated) do so as fantasy only with no intention of acting them out.
By taking away access to such images, especially the simulated ones that involved no underaged persons, that will force some of them to instead seek alternatives, such as molesting real children...
And worse, due to the harsh criminal penalties (often more severe than 1st degree murder), molesters increasingly will kill their victims afterwards to avoid being caught...
And even if later caught, there's a slight chance depending on the time elapsed and remaining physical evidence, they may be able to negotiate a murder only plea and possibly end up doing less prison time than if convicted of molestation alone, and as an added bonus not have to register as a sex offender.
To digress a bit...
Bizarre how there are no "burgler" lists, no "murderer" lists, and yet there are "sex offender" lists.
Speaking of bizarre ... a past convicted murderer can often get federal financial aid for college, but often a convicted pot smoker can't, but that's another debate for another thread.
Ron
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