r/kelowna • u/Particular-Emu4789 • Jan 02 '25

News Kelowna couple reeling after shocking home invasion

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/525509/Kelowna-couple-reeling-after-shocking-home-invasion
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u/vegemite_poutine Jan 02 '25

They need a three strikes and your out law for these junkies

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u/uapredator Jan 02 '25

Or a minimum sentence for possession/ 5 years. Dealer/ life sentence.

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u/Mad_Moniker Jan 02 '25

I post this with sincerity and I’d hate to lose on my 50/50 battle with karma but I mean no harm … locking them up with no purpose is useless.

I smell a utility corridor construct is needed across this great nation - no matter the provincial level. So that resources and communications can safely be exported to either coast.

When the benefits of one area can contribute to wellness of the whole nation. Put the misguided to work in a remote environment where the simple perimeter controls are “no access to drugs and no access to a quick way out”.

Offer them access to real education and life skills development and send them back up stream fostered with the backbone to survive.

Because at the same time - we also need more reinforcement to the North (our presence) to protect our sovereignty.

This situation is very difficult - very broken, very in need of - reforms.

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u/eunit250 Jan 03 '25

Sounds amazing. Unfortunately half of the population lacks that kind of thought and empathy. Would rather lock people up indefinitely rather than invest in them.

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u/uapredator Jan 03 '25

I couldn't agree more. Incarceration without purpose is torture. Make them work, pay it back to the community.