>They did this, because with a felony it is not possible to stop prosecution for "possession of child porn" when common sense would suggest it

This is obviously a nonsensical justification. The law should be written in a way, which excludes these cases from prosecution to begin with.

It's completely insane to reduce a sentence for a pretty bad crime just because you can't be bothered to formulate the law properly. And even if you were to do that it still proves that you aren't particularly concerned over that crime.

If the politicians can't write a law which distinguishes a minor sending pictures of him/her to another minors, from organized CSAM distribution, then what can they do. It's either malice or enormous incompetency.