Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

x6tance t1_j8mmm79 wrote

They're better than nothing but deaths from shooting still occur in states with high level of gun control. The problem is that you can purchase guns in more lenient states, drive across the state borders, and commit your shootings. State laws won't stop that unless they add customs or something at the state borders

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One-Awareness-5818 t1_j8mm8ep wrote

600 per month? I don't have any recommendations but data point for new Haven, 3 year old pre school class full time is 950. Someone collect the price for next door town and it was somewhere between 2200-1400 for under 2 per month which was last year and price has gone up by 150-200 per month since her data. Also, the wait-list for any centers are about 6 months to 1 year, so for any future parents reading this, start touring daycare as soon as you are pregnant.

There is a program that can cover part of daycare cost but there is a wait-list for that as well, you can call 211 for a list for home care in your town. Good luck

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ShamusTheClown t1_j8ml6ss wrote

I firmly disagree with your claim that state laws don't work.

Here in the northeast, we have stronger gun laws, and we have way fewer firearm deaths per capita, and fewer mass shootings. CT has some of the strictest, and we haven't had a mass tragedy since they were implemented after Sandy Hook.

What gives us the right, to impose our values onto other states 100s to 1000s of miles away?

They're perfectly capable of fixing this problem whenever they want deomcratically... Clearly they don't want to.

You should plan accordingly, and not live there.

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ShamusTheClown t1_j8mjyym wrote

'Assault weapons' do not make up a significant portion of crime. Less than 5% of firearm homicides, in fact i think its closer to 1% last time i checked.

The thing that worked, here in the state of connecticut, was creating a permit process with an educational requirement, and tying all firearm and ammunition sales to a permit/certificate. You know, a vetting process.

I personally find this whole discussion exhausting, because CT already fixed our gun problem 10 years ago. We haven't had another tragedy since then.

Its other states with loose laws having these tragedies, and they will continue until they get their shit together. We already got our shit together.

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SonicBoom6 t1_j8mj7pg wrote

I find it weird every guy who see my woman around, or at work would hit on her and say things to break us up. She message me and come home told me all about it. We laugh at the creeps. Met on Facebook 10 years ago. Not sure if Facebook dating still a thing.

The one advice I would give is woman don't give a shit about your dick or how you are better than the other guy. They just wanna talk and laugh on the similar experiences that they can relate. She know I am hopeless romantic but can relate we both broke as dirt 10 years ago and go with that.

A man who sustain trust is better than the man who sustain a lie in ..........................................................

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Beachynurse t1_j8mephw wrote

Because only those for profit schools teach LPNs in the state of Connecticut. The state technical high schools used to teach LPN as an adult education program, but that stopped several years ago, I believe due to funding.

Those students choose those schools because the admission process is so easy. The entrance exam is a joke. They don't require prerequisites like the RN programs at the community colleges. They only care about you being able to sign for the student loan.

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x6tance t1_j8lrfaq wrote

I'll get down voted to oblivion by the gun nuts, but, after living in the US and abroad, I can say that the only way to prevent random mass shootings in what should be safe places such as schools, colleges, and movie theaters is a repeal of the 2nd amendment and a buyback probation of existing guns going over a generation or two. Right now, the laws are so divided between the states, it just goes to show how some issues being solved at the state level is stupid. But of course, Americans would revolt on such an idea to prevent deaths of their fellow Americans as long as their gun owning liberties aren't infringed. So much for the liberty of life of others.

If this is a mental health crisis, why don't mass shooting (when adjusted per capita) happen routinely in Japan or the UK? Did they solve their mental health issues? Is their medical system just that much superior to ours? Or are we just a shit country that can't solve mental health? Makes you wonder...it's not like these countries have zero crime there, either.

Having guns to defend against tyranny is another popular but dumb take. If America goes into a Civil War, there's no way a neighborhood of armed civilians is putting an Abrams tank out of commission or shooting down a hellfire missile from a drone. Whoever has vast control of the military and their armament, wins...and that's probably the government which is (partially) funded by the same gun owning civilians via taxes. Absolutely hilarious that they arm their own government with superior technology while holding disdain for it.

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Rodimusprime8877 t1_j8lnk5z wrote

Except it didn’t. There’s no evidence to support your bullshit claim.

And you’re not going to debate what an “assault weapon” is because it is a completely made up term and debating otherwise would be like debating the existence of the tooth fairy or Easter bunny. Except both of those have more basis in fact.

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