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Four Dead In Canada High School Shooting

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Canada should ban guns.
 
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Canada should ban guns.

Politicized with the 2nd post? (also FYI Canadians have some gun rights too, just not as much as in the US).

My sympathies to those who've lost loved ones. What a tragedy.
 
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Politicized with the 2nd post? (also FYI Canadians have some gun rights too, just not as much as in the US).

My sympathies to those who've lost loved ones. What a tragedy.

Plenty of Canadians have politicized things on this board. This isn't a sympathy thread. I don't remember anyone holding back on Sandy Hook.
 
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wow a tiny community, this will hit them very hard as everyone will be like a large family probably even the shooter

very few details at this point which is not unusual for Canadian news
 
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Plenty of Canadians have politicized things on this board. This isn't a sympathy thread. I don't remember anyone holding back on Sandy Hook.

So? Are you advocating for gun control as a solution or just trying to mock Canadians amid a tragedy in their country?

Regardless, it's very poor taste.
 
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I didn't see any information as to what sort of weapon was used so whether its an indictment of Canada gun laws or not is hard to say. What I did find interesting was that there apparently have been some murders in canada with machine guns-in the USA we have had maybe two in 80 years with legally owned machine guns. Of course it doesn't say and I don't know if you can legally possess a machine gun in Canada
 
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A horrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the loved ones of the dead and injured, and to the entire community.

Edit: Let me add this. WTF does it matter that this terrible thing happened in Canada? Is this really the time to strut and shame, as if the fact that yes, there are guns in Canada too and people get shot with them is something to gloat about. Some of you should be ashamed.
 
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Sad news. But this just goes to show that it can happen in any country. Cowards always target schools because they are vulnerable.
 
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It's a shame wherever it happens. My prayers go out to the families that have been impacted by this tragedy.
 
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Canada should ban guns.

Yeah well they don't:

https://www.loc.gov/law/help/firearms-control/canada.php

The Criminal Code identifies “the various firearms, weapons and devices regulated by the Firearms Act.”[4] The Code classifies firearms into three categories: restricted,[5] prohibited,[6] and non-restricted.[7] Non-restricted firearms “include ordinary shotguns and rifles, such as those commonly used for hunting. But some military type rifles and shotguns are prohibited.”[8] Restricted firearms include “certain handguns and some semi-automatic long guns (not all semi-automatic long guns are restricted or prohibited). Rifles that can be fired when telescoped or folded to shorter than 660 millimeters, or 26 inches, are also restricted.”[9] Prohibited firearms “include most 32 and 25 caliber handguns and handguns with a barrel length of 105 mm or shorter. Fully automatic firearms, converted automatics, firearms with a sawed-off barrel, and some military rifles like the AK 47 are also prohibited.”[10]
Note also that “antique firearms are not considered firearms for licensing and registration purposes.”[11]

I'll bet the shooter wan't using a restricted or prohibited weapon.
 
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I didn't see any information as to what sort of weapon was used so whether its an indictment of Canada gun laws or not is hard to say. What I did find interesting was that there apparently have been some murders in canada with machine guns-in the USA we have had maybe two in 80 years with legally owned machine guns. Of course it doesn't say and I don't know if you can legally possess a machine gun in Canada

Gun violence in Canada tends to be a rural thing, unlike the US. It's just two different cultures and comparisons, while fun, aren't very useful.
That said, this sounds, on very little information, like a copy-cat thing. Far as I can recollect, there was that Quebec polytechnical university thing but there's not a history of mass murder in Canada. We prefer to keep things low-key, serial killers aside.
And no, a Canadian can't legally own a full-auto firearm. Unless it's been disabled, which can't be worked around of course (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
 
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So? Are you advocating for gun control as a solution or just trying to mock Canadians amid a tragedy in their country?

Regardless, it's very poor taste.
Guns have to be registered in Canada, so how is this possible?
 
That's quite shocking and seemingly out of character. Curious to hear more.

Thoughts for the families.
 
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A horrible tragedy. My heart goes out to the loved ones of the dead and injured, and to the entire community.

Edit: Let me add this. WTF does it matter that this terrible thing happened in Canada? Is this really the time to strut and shame, as if the fact that yes, there are guns in Canada too and people get shot with them is something to gloat about. Some of you should be ashamed.

Thank you.
 
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Guns have to be registered in Canada, so how is this possible?

Registered? Not to my knowledge. Handguns are regulated and require a 'restricted' license but it's not onerous- my son has a handgun license and he had to show that he had taken a course on safe storage and transport of his weapon, that's all. He needed a criminal record check to purchase his gun- if he had a history of violent crime he wouldn't have got the permit.
And yes, I know, criminals will still get ahold of guns.
 
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Guns have to be registered in Canada, so how is this possible?

Oh, wait, you used to be right. The Conservative Party government tried to register long guns but the idea was pretty much universally ignored. I don't know anyone who complied, and the whole bad idea was abandoned, I forget when. You know how conservatives are about laws and regulations. Now that the Liberal Party is in power, there'll be no more of that crap.
 
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Another Tragedy, may the Families and Friends find Peace.
 
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Guns have to be registered in Canada, so how is this possible?

A law abiding citizen decided to shoot kids. It happens.
 
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Politicized with the 2nd post? (also FYI Canadians have some gun rights too, just not as much as in the US).

My sympathies to those who've lost loved ones. What a tragedy.

Yeah this is really bad, and I hope that Canada and those families can see their way through.

This reminds me of another very uncharacteristic happening some years ago at a school in Dunblane Scotland: it was almost weird.
 
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Sad news. But this just goes to show that it can happen in any country. Cowards always target schools because they are vulnerable.
I agree with you on this being sad news, this can happen anywhere, but I will expand on one thing. Cowards attack soft targets, unfortunately you are correct in the assessment that they target schools, but to expand, they target anywhere they assume people cannot fight back. My heart goes out to our Canadian friends, wonderful people and may they find solace.
 
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Plenty of Canadians have politicized things on this board. This isn't a sympathy thread. I don't remember anyone holding back on Sandy Hook.

That doesn't make it OK.
 
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Even Canada is not safe from school shootings!

Since Canada has more gun control laws then I wonder why they would not seek out murderous brains?
 
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For now at least lets just grieve their losses.
 
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Oh, wait, you used to be right. The Conservative Party government tried to register long guns but the idea was pretty much universally ignored. I don't know anyone who complied, and the whole bad idea was abandoned, I forget when. You know how conservatives are about laws and regulations. Now that the Liberal Party is in power, there'll be no more of that crap.

Actually it was a Liberal govt that enacted the long gun registry with the claim it would only cost 1 million. It ended up costing 1 billion and as you said was pretty useless. The Conservative govt scrapped it. The Quebec provincial govt went to court to get the info to set up their own but lost and now is considering just making one themselves. The present Liberal party has no plans to reintroduce it federally as far as I know.
 
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