Essentially we need mandatory maternity/paternity leave and universal pre-k. Having well funded and organized starts for children can make all the difference.

And a reminder that they needlessly got rid of the Witches and Wizards festival.

For anyone wondering why communities of color have higher rates if violence, here’s why. Imagine being a parent, who never graduated high school. You’ve got 3 kids and they are constantly having health issues, which because of your low paying job with zero benefits, you have neither the PTO nor the assets to address. The stability of your life is constantly on the edge of a knife.

Now apply that to thousands of families in an incredibly dense area and tell me it’s a healthy living situation.

Of course, but to me that's part of a larger philosophical question as to whether or not human beings are sufficiently advanced to responsibly wield firearms, which in my opinion is a big no.

“really disappointing behavior from a license holder.”

Not trying to start a gun debate here, but among the stories of bad things happening with legally purchased firearms this year, this one is pretty low on the list.

In September a kid died from heat stroke in a similar situation https://abcnews.go.com/US/toddler-found-dead-stolen-car-hours-deadly-shooting/story?id=90255138