At Least 12 Shot at Montreal College

[Peggy 1]

Glad to hear your son is OK Sharon.

This is just terrible

[Not Available 0]

I'm talking to a friend right now from Montreal. She has a friend that goes to Dawson and he saw someone get shot... its so sad....

[derekkj 0]

Sharon, glad to hear your son is OK. Must have been quite a scare for the both of you.

Yeah, they buy them in the US and smuggle them in.

One of the main component of Canadian Firearms Legislation - which did not take firearms away from people but licensed who would be able to use them - was to ensure responsible use and storage of firearms. Criminals and madmen are very hard to legislate - but the death of children from playing with improperly stored firearms and the murder of spouses by an abusive partner are significantly reduced because of Canadian FIrearms legislation.

From what I understand, the registry was a fiscal ** up and is about to be scrapped. Unfortunately it was just a mis-managed mess and cost millions more than it was supposed to.

[cmartyn 0]

Yes, the gun registry cost too much and was a completely inadequate idea to begin with. It was about all they could do at the time. Some Canadians love their guns too.

[Fuzzness 2]

the gun registry cost taxpayers millions and did absolutely nothing. as always, the problem is the attitude some people have, not the guns

[Heracles 417]

Thank God they shot this clown in time..

This sort of ####### will continue to happen until we wake up and smell the coffee and restrict the ###### that comes out in the movies and in video games, which is polluting peoples brains.

Blaming guns is a joke. It would be like blaming roadside bombs rather than the brainwashing terrorists get from a delusional ideology..

Edited September 14, 2006 by Infidel

[almaty 19]

i heard he was a muslim

Edited September 14, 2006 by almaty

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Thank God they shot this clown in time..

This sort of ####### will continue to happen until we wake up and smell the coffee and restrict the ###### that comes out in the movies and in video games, which is polluting peoples brains.

Blaming guns is a joke. It would be like blaming roadside bombs rather than the brainwashing terrorists get from a delusional ideology..

Movies and video games? I don't think so..

[Kathryn41 3,207]

The gun registry had problems but the reason that legislation is being proporsed to scrap it has nothing to do with its effectiveness - it is totally politically motivated. The current Conservative - ahem - Alliance - party is the equivalent of George Bush's gun-totin' hard core Republicans and they never wanted any legislation to begin with. They apparently have no problems with children having access to firearms. If you talk with the police forces in Canada you will find that they support the firearms legislation and use it regularly. It's reputed lack of effectiveness is a political statement only from those who opposed the move for responsible fire arms use in the beginning. You can look up the statistics on line if you don't want to take my statement at face value - they are there. The cost, yes, we can talk about the cost. Instead of passing the costs on to the public for the first 5 years which is how it was originally designed and what the original cost was based on, the government absorbed the cost of registering firearms to encourage people to comply with the legislation so all anyone had to do was fill out a form and send it in. The costs remained the same except the payer changed. There was also a well-advertised campaign by the same party currently in power - and then in opposition - to encourage people to send in falsified fire arms records so that they would encur the same cost as accurate ones but would have to be redone or discarded when the security and acvcuracy checks discovered the errors - which they did - and effectively doubling, tripling and quadrupling both the time costs and the expense of the program. Charges were filed against certain individuals and at least one Alliance MP was forced to resign due to his role in this illegal scheme. Costs were under-estimated, but as with any new program , the high-end costs are all up front (purchasing computers, hiring and training personnel, etc), and now, after the system is virtually up and running, and is working (if you listen to the individuals using it - the police services - instead of the politicians who are trying to earn political brownie points with their constituents who never wanted it), they are trying to dismantle the whole system. The legislation still hasn't made it to the House of Commons yet, and it is no sinecure that such legislation will pass. If it does, that will be the real crime against Canada and Canadians.

And, before anyone feels I am just anti-gun - I am not, and was a properly licensed firearms user in Canada. I participate in the hobby of historical re-enacting, but I sold my musket before I moved to the US. And, as a Museum professional for 25 years I was responsible for a number of both restricted and prohibited firearms that were all properly registered and stored in my museums' collections, as well as making sure that all my staff were proiperly trained and licensed in their care and handling.

As mentioned before, the main component of the Firearms legislation was to legislate against irresponsible, stupid people who left loaded guns available to children and untrained, casual users, or who had already indicated that they were a threat to use a firearms in an illegal manner. It is a shame that we have to try and legislate against stupidity and irresponsibility, but appealing to people's common sense just wasn't working - maybe because some of those fire arm users are just idiots to begin with. I am sure you all feel so much safer here in the US knowing that those firearms are still in the hands of those idiots here along with the good and responsible firearms owners and users. Every day here I read about some young person or another being shot or another drive by shooting or home invasion killing people, some with their own firearms. So, tell me again, why does some one have a personal need for a semi-automatic hand gun? I guess I just have too much common sense to understand THAT one.

Edited September 14, 2006 by Kathryn41

[Mrs. Forgetful 2]

heard about it this morning when I woke up! Very sad!

[Married_my_love 0]

Thank God they shot this clown in time..

This sort of ####### will continue to happen until we wake up and smell the coffee and restrict the ###### that comes out in the movies and in video games, which is polluting peoples brains.

Blaming guns is a joke. It would be like blaming roadside bombs rather than the brainwashing terrorists get from a delusional ideology..

Movies and video games? I don't think so..

This probably won't be up much longer, got it in a cache; but the shooter was a ticking time bomb, and clearly by reading his page on this vampire freak site, full of himself and waiting to live out this fantasy.

shooters personal page

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Thank God they shot this clown in time..

This sort of ####### will continue to happen until we wake up and smell the coffee and restrict the ###### that comes out in the movies and in video games, which is polluting peoples brains.

Blaming guns is a joke. It would be like blaming roadside bombs rather than the brainwashing terrorists get from a delusional ideology..

Movies and video games? I don't think so..

This probably won't be up much longer, got it in a cache; but the shooter was a ticking time bomb, and clearly by reading his page on this vampire freak site, full of himself and waiting to live out this fantasy.

shooters personal page

There are thousands of kids with same interests that end up killing no one. This (like any other school shootings) is just an isolated incedent. The media will just hype this up for months. Automobiles kill many more people.

[Fuzzness 2]

Thank God they shot this clown in time..

This sort of ####### will continue to happen until we wake up and smell the coffee and restrict the ###### that comes out in the movies and in video games, which is polluting peoples brains.

Blaming guns is a joke. It would be like blaming roadside bombs rather than the brainwashing terrorists get from a delusional ideology..

Movies and video games? I don't think so..

This probably won't be up much longer, got it in a cache; but the shooter was a ticking time bomb, and clearly by reading his page on this vampire freak site, full of himself and waiting to live out this fantasy.

shooters personal page

It still amazes me how people can actually think that dark marilyn manson (rather than goth, because this is not goth) is actually somehow cool

[Ban Hammer 14,636]

So, tell me again, why does some one have a personal need for a semi-automatic hand gun? I guess I just have too much common sense to understand THAT one.

what's wrong with a semi-auto pistol?

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i heard he was a muslim

Doubtful. His name is Kimveer Gill, which is Punjabi. Either Hindu or Sikh by birth.