Canada

It was going to be used as justification to confiscate guns, now it won't be. I can understand a right leaning person being happy they were trans.

Yup. They’re commit 90+% of the violence but this happens and we’re going to be hearing about it for a decade at least.

That period of “respect” needs to be incredibly short. As in, I’m sick of these highly political situations losing all their momentum as if that respects any of the victims, including, in some cases, the shooter.

This is a mental health crisis, likely a poverty issue, and a bunch of other things that we need to take apart now because we certainly don’t do it when things are calm.

Born male, transitioning for six years, supposedly.

#Girlpower

Breaking all the glass ceilings

Yeah. That's really rare.

Violence can happen anywhere there are humans.

seems like an every day event here.

What? The worst year for mass shootings in Canada looks like 2022, with 8 shootings. The one with the most casualties was in 1918 in Québec City, 4 dead 100 injured. Highest number of deaths was the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks with 23 dead and 3 injured, but that was a spree, not a single event. The highest deaths in a single event was in Montreal in 1989 with 15 dead 14 injured.

First shooting (on the Wikipedia article ) is 1902. For the most part it's 1-3 events a year, usually with 1-5 years between, until we get up towards the 90s and 00s.

Should we compare that with the US?
2024 saw 711 dead and 2375 wounded in 586 shootings.
2025 saw 420 dead and 1898 injured in 425 shootings.
As of 31st of Jan this year, 35 dead and 85 injured in 26 shootings.

Obviously the US is a poor comparison right?

So if we look at ONLY public mass shootings:

shootings that occur in public or semi-public spaces, perpetrated by one perpetrator, resulting in three or more victims randomly selected, with at least one fatality. Public refers to an open public space or public building, such as a school.
Definition and study.

And which excludes:

• family or felony mass shooting
• incidents involving state-sponsored violence
• battles over sovereignty
• organized terrorism

Between 2000 and 2022, in the US and comparable countries there were 144 public mass shootings across 36 countries, 20 of which had none. If we remove the US from the list (109 events), Canada is 3rd with 4 public mass shootings, all of which are post 2010. Mass shootings are trending upwards globally, which is certainly something to worry about, and something that we need to plan to prevent as a society.

So what's happening in Canada with gun crime?
Fucking America.... Lax ass gun laws that contribute heavily to gun violence in the States has a trickle down effect of people being able to go and just buy a gun, stick it under their seat, and drive back into Canada. Upwards of 75% of gun crime in Canada is perpetrated by someone with an illegally imported American firearm. Sweet.

The sickness that's taken over America is very much alive and unwell in Canada.

There are no indications this was an illegal weapon. It appears the suspect had a PAL and the firearms were legit. They were taken away by the police at one point because of domestic violence concerns, then an adult in the residence asked for them to be returned and they were.

Whoever made that decision to return the firearms is responsible for killing those kids.

I think you gotta build a wall. And make the US pay for it.

Shrapnel and minor bullet wounds, getting caught in a panicked crowd... lots of ways.