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Whatever. The Republicans have both houses and the presidency but you will be making the same excuses 4 years from now.

What options? And if there are effective options, why aren't you doing them?

If you look at school shootings before and after Sandy Hook, there is little difference. If anything, they have been worse since Sandy Hook. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(2000–present)

Really? What exactly has changed since Sandy Hook?

I'm not taking a position on this, just telling you the consequences. Actually, I hope you do privatize all the services that are paid by your federal government because our downloaded costs make it more difficult for our airlines to compete when there is a US alternative close to the border

What BS? After all the school shootings in the past ten years, exactly what has been done to prevent them? I have never said people want kids to die, just that not being willing to change anything must mean they think the body count is acceptable because they know it will happen again and again. Convince me otherwise.

What gun restriction solutions. All I saw was put more guns in schools. I never said anyone wants to kill children, of course they don't. It's just depressing to watch all the hand wringing that goes on after one of these shootings yet nothing is ever changed to prevent them or prevent whackos from getting these guns. It never goes beyond lip service.

One of the reasons flying is more expensive in Canada compared to the US is all the user pay fees that are government paid in the US. ATC, airport security, airport improvement are all added the price of our ticket. Also, the federal government owns the land our major airports are located on and charges the airport authorities hundreds of millions in rent every year, which of course is passed on to the airlines. When you add in carbon taxes and GST on fuel and everything else, airlines and civil aviation in general is a cash cow for our federal government instead of a cost. I don't know if going private will improve your ATC system but it will increase the cost of tickets

Did what other than other than expressing disgust that every time one of these school shootings happens there is a lot of outrage but no desire to change anything.

Fair enough, maybe we agree on more than we thought.

It feels like a tragedy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/10/08/top-1-of-us-households-hold-15-times-more-wealth-than-bottom-50-combined/ In 2022 the net worth of the top 10 US billionaires totalled over 1.5 trillion USD. The top 5 accounted for just over 1 trillion of that.

I support rule of law and due process and you are full of shit. I hope this guy's story checks out and any charges are dropped.

As usual, you have to politicize everything. From what this article says, the guy seems like a real PoS and will not be missed. I am certainly not defending him. However I will play devil's advocate in pointing out. !: When someone is shot and killed, we just can't ignore it based on what we feel. 2: Charges do not equal convictions 3: Messy as it can be, we have due process and rule of law to determine what actually happened and act accordingly. 4: We don't convict and execute people on the basis of what we read in the paper or see on a cable news clip. I've always considered myself to be someone to the right of centre but if the right no longer believes in this, it is the right that has changed, not me.

That's why we have courts and trials.

I’m on the side of the truth, whatever it turns out to be.

The article only tells the family's side. I hope it checks out and the charges disappear.

Ya well, maybe you should find out what actually happened. Maybe ask why the charge is first degree and not second or manslaughter for starters. Or why there are any charges at all.

I don't know about your country but in mine, 1st degree murder requires proof that it was pre meditated and planned. That's why I find this charge interesting. Maybe there is more to it than you think.

Maybe see the evidence first?

MAID must be requested and approved, it isn't a punishment. You sure are bloodthirsty for someone who claims to be a Christian.

It's exactly what I'm doing and you don't like it.

I'm just calling out people who pretend to care while doing nothing to show they care.

I'm not ignoring anything. There will always be errors when humans are involved. Life is full of contradictions that must be weighed and decisions made so don't preach to me about some perfect mistake free society that will never exist.