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Active shooter situation: Nova Scotia, Canada [Up: gunman dead, at least 19 victims; deadliest shooting in Canadian history] (UP 2: Death toll now 23)
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That bastard apparently did it during the night/early hours of the day, as well. How the fuck can you have that much thought put into this kind of evil?
Ya, that's what they initially said. Then a few hours they clarified he was actually dead. Simple mistake on their part, anyone can make it.
The government was just about to release a large semi-auto, rifle and guns list for a mass ban and grant cities the power to enforce their own bans as needed, right before the whole COVID thing began. I imagine the hammer is going to come down harder now.
RCMP did the right thing. Stayed quiet on details until the recent press conference, to allow facts to be gathered. News channels are only beginning to get the info now.
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Officially now the largest killing event since Polytech(15 dead) in 1989, and the 56th since 1689(I posted the other link earlier).
At least 13 people. Fuck
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Yeah I see it in the CBC link now. Updated the thread title.
Holy fuck. :(
RIP
Fuck 13 dead. First all these deaths from Covid and now something tragic like this. My heart goes out to the loved ones of those who were killed. At a time of heightened public concern we do not need stuff like this happening as well.
I want to say the largest shooting in Nova Scotia prior to this in the last two centuries was a shooting in 1992 which left three dead and one permanently disabled. Unreal.
RIP to all of the victims.
RIP to all of the victims.
They weren't though. They said they would give cities the power to ban handguns, which would do jack squat, and they never mentioned anything about banning semi auto rifles. That was rumored, but as far as I can remember there was never any official confirmation of that being their intended plan.
It wasn't rumoured. Bill Blair actually spoke on it. They were prepping a list(would not say which ones, to avoid a gun buying surge) at the end of the year/early January.
Feds vow to move ahead with ban on some semi-automatic weapons
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government will be ready soon to produce a list of semi-automatic weapons that will be banned in Canada. His comments come the same day Canadians are marking the 30th anniversary of one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history. But Blair...
toronto.citynews.ca
And then a ton of stuff got temporarily shelved due to COVID. Including the expansion of the medically assisted dying bill.
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Here is the timeline of currently known events to this spree shooting thus far:
Oh I totally forgot about all that. I imagine after this they'll really put the hammer down.It wasn't rumoured. Bill Blair actually spoke on it. They were prepping a list(would not say which ones, to avoid a gun buying surge) at the end of the year/early January.
Feds vow to move ahead with ban on some semi-automatic weapons
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government will be ready soon to produce a list of semi-automatic weapons that will be banned in Canada. His comments come the same day Canadians are marking the 30th anniversary of one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history. But Blair...
And then a ton of stuff got temporarily shelved due to COVID. Including the expansion of the medically assisted dying bill.
Probably the biggest attack actually, this surpass the Toronto van attack in fatality.
They got him just outside Halifax (about 30 mins away from my house). Looks like he was heading out of rural N.S. and into the city to continue his rampage. Almost made it too.
If he had pulled me over with his fake cop car and uniform I totally would have believed he was a real cop. Fucking terrifying.
If he had pulled me over with his fake cop car and uniform I totally would have believed he was a real cop. Fucking terrifying.
There's plenty of types of evidence he may have left as to motive.
16 dead now. Just horrible news for us Canadians. My heart goes out to the families involved and their community.
Not that I don't support gun control, but unless I missed it we don't even know what kind of gun was used in this spree, so it seems rushed to start talking about laws needing to be changed.
Relevant?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-labour-code-trial-moncton-shooting-1.4312673
Of course we don't know if the RCMP have changed since then or what the shooter in this case used in their rampage. But we have another RCMP officer slain in the line of duty.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-labour-code-trial-moncton-shooting-1.4312673
Of course we don't know if the RCMP have changed since then or what the shooter in this case used in their rampage. But we have another RCMP officer slain in the line of duty.
This is now the worst Massacre in Canadian History. It's now worst than PolyTech
Canada shooting: Gunman kills at least 18 in Nova Scotia
The 12-hour rampage by a man dressed as a policeman ended with a car chase before he was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
This is just hitting the wires within the last 2 hours, but the story is just developing that a gunman, possibly dressed as a police officer, has killed at least 16-17 people, including Heidi Stevenson, an RCMP officer on the force for 23 years.
The gunman is reported as 51 year old denturist who is reported to have died. Early reports suggest that he was arrested at a gas station but the police did also say that they exchanged gunfire with the shooter prior to his death. It isn't clear whether the shooter killed himself or was dispatched by police.
For reference, the previous worst shooting in Canada is known as the Ecole Polytechnique massacre where a gunman opened fire on female engineering students before moving out to shoot more women, specifically those under 20 years of age. That incident resulted in 15 fatalities (14 including the suicide of the shooter).
More on this story as it develops.
There's going to be people who will say that this is because of the COVID-19 lockdown.
I think that anyone who models their car to look like an RCMP vehicle and has the appropriate costume is probably a huge red flag.
It was extremely likely to be planned ahead of time.
This sucks.
I think that anyone who models their car to look like an RCMP vehicle and has the appropriate costume is probably a huge red flag.
It was extremely likely to be planned ahead of time.
This sucks.
I'm reading some unconfirmed details of some of the events that took place. It makes me sick to my stomach what this guy did.
Happened about half an hour from where I grew up, family friend was a victim. Just devastating.
I can't imagine what the families are going through. What a monster, imagine this being your lasting impression on the world.
I can't imagine what the families are going through. What a monster, imagine this being your lasting impression on the world.
fucking awful. this is the last thing anyone should've been worrying about during a time like this. my heart truly goes out to everyone there affected by this senseless tragedy.
this evil fucking murderer selfishly ruins all those lives and it just really makes me mad.
this evil fucking murderer selfishly ruins all those lives and it just really makes me mad.
G&M's latest update on the story, Wortman is described by neighbours as having "a strong interest in RCMP and RCMP memorabilia". They also conjecture that some thought he might be an alcoholic, though I'm not sure if that's of any relevance, since his actions here would have required sobriety.
The Chief Superintendent says they haven't, as yet, found evidence of extremist views, nor any obvious connections amongst the targeted, some of whom he did not appear to know at all.
The Chief Superintendent says they haven't, as yet, found evidence of extremist views, nor any obvious connections amongst the targeted, some of whom he did not appear to know at all.
I believe it's largely federal but some provinces enforce the law on their own terms. Not sure where Nova Scotia stands on it.
No, criminal law is purely federal, though the provinces have a say in how it's enforced.
The federal government has been planning changes that would involve delegating to localities the authority to ban handguns completely within their jurisdiction, among other things.
Could the title be updated with the number of people murdered? With at least 16 people dead, this is the worst massacre in Canadian history (post-Confederation).