Gunman Wounds 20 at Montreal College

AP ^ | Sep 13 5:33 PM US/Eastern | PHIL COUVRETTE

[SE Mom]

So they think there may be more bad guys out there? Wow.

Prayers..

[Allan]

Montreal police have confirmed there only was one gunman.

[timsbella]

Thanks, fanfan. Dawson was the CEGEP I went to before university. I also lived near the U of M when that shooting happened. Glad I'm in a sunny Ontario burb.

[Michael Goldsberry]

They keep going on about the word "neutralized."

That's neutralized.

[LurkedLongEnough]

From canada.com - 4:05pm ET

TV news clip - more than one gunman - perhaps three; possibly still at large and Westmount Square, a nearby mall; also police inside nearby subway station

video.canada.com

[SE Mom]

Ahhh..good news! And he seems to be "neutralized"..

[LikeLight]

Can we just say between 1 and 4 gunmen? That covers most of the reports we're getting.

[SE Mom]

I guess we're still early enough into this that they're not certain yet...but that's natural enough.

[Allan]

There only was one gunman.

Confirmed by Montreal police.

[higgmeister]

I didn't say it was a good way to prevent crime. Lord knows if you want a gun, you are going to get one. I think it goes without saying that when you ban something that can cause harm, injuries and deaths will go down, but that isn't reason to ban them. Less knives would mean less cuts etc.

I think the point is, that is false logic.

Outlawing weapons causes more crime.

If you ban food, people would still need to eat.

If you ban defense, people still need to defend themselves.

If you ban guns, you force the person that will still use them to become an outlaw.

At the moment that the person is faced with a choice, he may decide that since society has already branded him, he might as well use the gun in a criminal manor since using it would be a crime anyway.

Less legal knives only mean more cuts are crimes.

[Pyro7480]

Holy crap! What's up with that pic!?

[Michael Goldsberry]

Dead perp on the ground.

[Cindy]

Thank you Allan for that update - "only one gunman."

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"Outbreaks of violence at U.S. and Canadian schools"

Canadian Press
Published: Wednesday, September 13, 2006

"(CP) - A list of some major violent incidents at Canadian schools:"

[Allan]

I am just surprised there haven't been posts suggesting muslims were responsible.

The gunman was white, dressed in a black trenchcoat, with black boots, a Mohawk hairstyle, and lots of facial jewellery.
Could have been a punk Moslem, who knows?

[Pyro7480]

Was that a perp, or a victim?

[Michael Goldsberry]

The covered body by the squad car is the shooter. They are now reporting that his was the only death and that he shot himself.

[Allan]

See post #184.
The only death
so far
(apparently)
is the 'perp' himself.

[kinghorse]

That would be a very common Canadian Muslim fashion. Post apocalypse punk. Black leather for sure. Seen it a lot up there.