Canada's worst mass shooting leaves at least 18 dead

AP ^ | 8 minutes ago | ROB GILLIES

[Zhang Fei]

Canadians should probably prepare for the mother of all gun grabs.

[Gay State Conservative]

I assume that Trudeau has RCMP protection 24/7...which would mean that he'll probably do what New Zealand’s Maoist Prime Minister did after the mosque shooting...seize every firearm in the country.

[kiryandil]

Canadians are notorious for their trust in government.

[PROCON]

Will congressional democrats call for more US gun control to show solidarity with our Canadian friends? 🙄

[1Old Pro]

Hardly any information in this story.

[Sam Gamgee]

Yup. The RCMP is famous for magically creating criminals. They just unilaterally decide which guns are now prohibited and voila - you are now breaking the law with your gun possession.

[fwdude]

Impossible. Canada has “gun control” in place that U.S. Democrats can only ardently dream about.

[Chewbarkah]

Article says that Trudeau’s government is going to introduce legislation against “military style weapons”. Yet there is zero information on what sort of firearm(s) the murdering RCMP-wannabee denturist used in his spree. No crisis allowed to go to waste, eh?

[BenLurkin]

How can they say it was “senseless” if they don’t know what motivated it?

Or claim the dead were all innocent if they don’t know why they were shot?

[riverdawg]

“Hardly any information in this story.”

Here you go:

https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/nova-scotia-shooting-details-emerge-in-gabriel-wortmans-rampage/

[glasseye]

The ‘Burger Killer’...
Someone here will understand this.

[Alberta's Child]

While he's at it, perhaps Justine can introduce legislation that makes it illegal to kill people.

Oh, wait a minute ...

[Seaplaner]

Predictably, and from the story...

Trudeau said Monday his government would introduce further gun control legislation prohibiting military-style assault weapons, a measure that had already been planned before the coronavirus pandemic interrupted the current parliamentary session.

One suspects that the evil perp was not worried about breaking any gun control laws.

Such a pity that the innocent victims were (one assumes) unarmed and defenseless.

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[1Old Pro]

Thanks, that provides more but still perplexed as to why he would extend his rampage past his ex and the boyfriend. Also interested in knowing more about the cop ramming his car and then getting shot.

[Alberta's Child]

Authorities said the suspected gunman wore a police uniform at one point and made his car look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and suggest that there's more to the story than what's been told.

I saw a photo of the "fake RCMP police cruiser" in a Nova Scotia report on this story yesterday, and I could only conclude one of two things:

1. The RCMP police cruiser was actually a stolen vehicle, not one that was made up to look like a police cruiser.

2. The job looked so realistic that the guy had to have professional help doing it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

The ‘Burger Killer’..

Is this a reference to the Handgun Control Inc (now the Brady Center) supporter who shot the mayor of SF, and queer as a three dollar bill Harvey Milk?

He claimed eating junk food is what set him off.

[AlaskaErik]

Law abiding Canadians will pay the price for this.

[jimjohn]

...or maybe the shooter actually WAS a cop?

[FormerFRLurker]

This could totally have been prevented if Canada had strict gun control. Oh wait...

[wastoute]

Read up on the “Killdozer”. People who feel they have been affronted will sometimes go to great lengths for retribution.