The State of Kansas, in 2005, considered allowing their municipalities to create residency restrictions for registered sex offenders. In weighing their decision they considered what the experts on a national level have stated about such restrictions - that they are counterproductive to public safety - and they instead placed a moratorium preventing any municipality from creating such restrictions.
It is in the best interests of our country to follow this lead and follow the advice of the Human Rights Watch in their 146-page report titled "US: Sex Offender Laws May Do More Harm Than Good" and create a national moratorium to prevent states from creating such residency restrictions.