Are we saying that government never bears any responsibility for letting something like this exist?

Government can not, and should not be able to be at all places at all times.  Risks are allowed because of economic realities.  Look at the number of traffic deaths we allow each year.  You can't have total safety.  Also, we don't know if the owner paid off government bureaucrats to look the other way.  It happens all the time.   

I'm with Jim.  There is much to be feared from a convention.  I don't trust that the delegates would be neutral and civic minded.  They would each be there trying to push their personal prejudices into law.  That's no way to make law and it's an even crappier way to make a Constitution.

It is a big risk for sure.  I am willing to give Trump a chance to see if he can turn the PC, anti Capitalism, big government cabal around.  If that doesn't happen, I'd be willing to roll the dice to either bring back what the Founding Fathers wanted (strong states, weak Federal government) or go to all out, central collective Communism.  Then the real decisions will have to be made by those that want freedom, and liberty. 

From what I have read the Stein/Clinton recount is to garner additional donations for Stein.

Pretty much any subject of conflicting rights.  Example, 2nd amendment rights.

I don't think that is a good analogy, and I don't see "conflicting rights" in the 2A.  It is very specific.  The right to defend oneself through the use of "arms", is a Natural Right we have by being human beings.  It also is enumerated in the Constitution as a Right not to be Infringed.  I don't see abortion as guaranteed not to be infringed. 

Ironically, though they annoyed me at the time, I never doubted that human activity is affecting the climate. In fact I would be surprised if we had little or no effect.

Why?  Man pales in comparison to natural weather changes caused by the SUN, volcanoes, El Nino, etc.

I remember first reading about the carbon dioxide green-house effect as a teenager in the early 1970s - it came up often in SF stories set on Venus. I presume the authors were using the theories of 19th century scientist Svante Arrhenius as the scientific foundation. In those fictions, Venus was often depicted as a verdant hothouse.

The undisputable science of that time said we were in for an ICE AGE well before our current time period. 

So unless someone can reasonably show they have some expertise on the subject I tend to not pay much attention to claims they make on forums like this one.

Well, I may not be a climate scientist, but I do know unfettered politics when I see it.  The Man Made Climate Change movement is PURE POLITICS.  It isn't science based except for the fact that data has been falsified, and computer models skewed to get the results the politicians want.  And yes, the politicians OWN THE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS. 

I love when women say "My body, my choice."  Yeah, you had a choice not to have unprotected SEX!

I do think we have passed the High Water Mark of PC liberal/progressive nonsense.  With Brexit, and the election of Trump, and other events, we are now seeing a push back against what is essentially an attack on our Natural Rights as humans.  For over forty years, the media, education, and Democrat politicians like Obama have been beating the drum against the 1st, and 2nd Amendments, as well as others.  By expanding the Federal government to absurd levels they have succeeded in strangling us in ways the Founding Fathers wanted to avoid.

This is why AR-15 sales are still up, and ESPN's subscribers are WAY DOWN.     

It has truly dawned on me this year that the educational system has a massive, massive power. It is that power the left wants to retain. 

Look at how many times someone posts an absurdity coming out of schools and colleges. And truly, think about it ... 20-year-olds today were just 12 when O took office. He is the only president they know, and they see nothing amiss when a newscaster cries on election night when their candidate doesn't win. "Their" candidate?

These kids have come of age in a polarized, journalistically controlled America. Parents, awake!

Yes, as Lucifer said, it is all about indoctrination, and control.  Education, the media, and government have tremendous abilities to mold minds, social engineer, and create dependency.  Look at the attitudes of many younger people, and college kids.  They are essentially Communists, and have been taught to hate Capitalism, and the Founding Principles of the United States because it isn't "FAIR".