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In reply to the discussion: Scientists baffled by Canadians' ability to watch movies, play video games and not shoot each other [View all]uppityperson
(115,677 posts)9. As I am curious, I googled Canadian mass shootings and found only 1.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Guns+notorious+Canadian+mass+shootings+still+prohibited/7717118/story.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers#Americas
School shootings
Lépine, Marc, 25 Dec. 6 1989 Montreal, Canada, Killed 14, Injured 14, committed suicide
The only other 2 that showed up were an arson that killed 40 and someone bombed a passenger plane
Guns notorious for use in Canadian mass shootings still not prohibited
BY JENNIFER DITCHBURN, THE CANADIAN PRESS DECEMBER 18, 2012 10:40 PM
OTTAWA - Just as the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle has become a grim household name in the U.S. after the Sandy Hook massacre, a pair of semi-automatic firearms evoke similar memories and debate in Canada.
In the 1989 massacre of 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Marc Lepine used a Ruger Mini-14 rifle, at the time equipped with a substantial magazine.
And in 2006, Kimveer Gill used a Beretta Cx4 Storm to shoot 72 rounds at Montreal's Dawson College, injuring 16 and killing student Anastasia DeSousa.
Neither the Ruger Mini-14 nor the Beretta Cx4 Storm are prohibited in Canada, despite the outcry from victims and their families, the occasional political grumble, and a pointed coroner's report in Montreal....(more)
BY JENNIFER DITCHBURN, THE CANADIAN PRESS DECEMBER 18, 2012 10:40 PM
OTTAWA - Just as the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle has become a grim household name in the U.S. after the Sandy Hook massacre, a pair of semi-automatic firearms evoke similar memories and debate in Canada.
In the 1989 massacre of 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Marc Lepine used a Ruger Mini-14 rifle, at the time equipped with a substantial magazine.
And in 2006, Kimveer Gill used a Beretta Cx4 Storm to shoot 72 rounds at Montreal's Dawson College, injuring 16 and killing student Anastasia DeSousa.
Neither the Ruger Mini-14 nor the Beretta Cx4 Storm are prohibited in Canada, despite the outcry from victims and their families, the occasional political grumble, and a pointed coroner's report in Montreal....(more)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers#Americas
School shootings
Lépine, Marc, 25 Dec. 6 1989 Montreal, Canada, Killed 14, Injured 14, committed suicide
The only other 2 that showed up were an arson that killed 40 and someone bombed a passenger plane
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Scientists baffled by Canadians' ability to watch movies, play video games and not shoot each other [View all]
WilliamPitt
Dec 2012
OP
Because violent action films and violent video games are NOT hugely popular in other countries?
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#30
Extreme bipolarizations throughout our society? Us vs Them? Feeling you don't belong? Hm
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#12
It's been proposed that mass shooters are essentially suicidal and similar to suicide bombers.
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#62
You know Zora me and you probably agree on 99% of the issues, but this is the 1% where we differ.
white_wolf
Dec 2012
#24
yet in fact we do know that both children and adults imitate what they see and experience.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#27
but it is the point, to me. only the wealthy have freedom of expression. i personally am not
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#31
Americans are 3x more likely to give their kids psychotropic drugs. 8 million kids
KittyWampus
Dec 2012
#61
also baffled by universal health care & poverty rate 1/2 that of the us. how is it possible????
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#26
Ignoring the 'feminists' massacred by Marc Lepines (sp?) yep no gun massacres
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#36
When people are talking about infringing on freedom of expression you can't protest enough.
white_wolf
Dec 2012
#71