It's actually worse in Canada, which is precisely why they passed legislation curtailing property ownership by non citizens.

>I couldn't imagine missing a Christmas with my kids.

I'm in that boat right now, and it suuuuuuuucks.

It also has some serious ambiguity in the wording of the legislation. While it gives members of the National Guard an exemption, it states "when authorized" in the legislation. Does that mean a member serving during drill and activations only? What if one of my guys forgets a standard capacity magazine in their backpack? Will they be a felon while driving home from drill?

This is what happens when knee jerk legislation gets rammed through the general assembly.

A sushi chef is never late. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

I was going to say, roughly half the population of Rhode Island has some sort of mild respiratory illness at any given time over the course of the winter, to say nothing of people's natural reaction to the cold.

That's typically the way things go during Leapfest down at URI.

Yep. Likely jumping into Big River.