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That happened in Toronto several years back. It's not a very common form of mass killing.

Any country with a higher gun fatality rate as the US would be considered "Shithole" by the current POTUS. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/2024/oct/comparing-deaths-gun-violence-us-other-countries

Ultimately the problem is private ownership of semi-automatic weapons. I know a certain poster will come in here and say, nuh-uh the AR-15 isn't a military style weapon!!! So go one step further and only allow weapons one could reasonably use for hunting large game and not mowing down kids praying in a church. Shot Guns, and some rifles with a strict magazine cap. When you can write "Kill Trump" in large letters on your magazine, you're probably not using it to hunt deer. Every other developed nation in the world has tackled this problem. The US still struggles with it, simply because the political appetite is not there. Owning weapons designed to kill humans is more important than the safety of their children.

I'm assuming you're America. We Canadians watch this with bewilderment. But yes, your polarization is astonishing. It's like both sides of the spectrum are speaking completely different languages.

I'm seeing a lot of reactions to this shooting blaming the fact that the shooter was trans. So ban trans people from getting guns. It's just more polarization. Mental health and isolation aren't a uniquely US problem. What's a uniquely US problem is that weapons of war (I include hand guns) can be easily purchases with little, to no screening.

And why don't they? I was in cottage country this summer at a Canadian TIre. I was with my son looking for the fishing section and came across rows of shot guns and rifles. He was fascinated, wanted me to buy one. I said, even if I wanted, I couldn't. Too many hoops to jump that I'm not prepared to do. But here you have a troubled kid in Minnesota with very disturbing social media content that was able to buy a shotgun, rifle and hand gun LEGALLY and could kill kids in a church. This is simply nothing something most developed nations tolerate.

Seems like a weird trade-off when you consider the number of gun deaths Americans have to endure. We're seeing a world where drones, airstrikes and long-range missiles win wars and not a well-armed militia. But the scenario you paint is true for any nation. That's why no major nation has been able to successfully conquer another nation since the end of WW2. Gorilla tactics are impossible to defeat without committing war crimes.

And we can point out how insane it is every time they allow children to be slaughtered. There's a video of a 10-year-old from yesterday. He said they were well trained in what to do with an active shooter. But they had never done the drill in church. His friend lay on top of him and was shot. As a parent of 2, I'm thankful that my children never had to burden themselves with active shooter drills.

Rumour has it, he's taking French lessons. I think Quebec can get behind a guy like DoFo even if he's French is poor.

Exactly!!! That's why the intent of the 2nd amendment is useless. The government can do what it wants because it's the strongest military in the world. And the only thing that can stop it are the check and balances put in place by the founders and not private ownership of guns. It's being used as a justification for allowing private ownership of weapons used to kill people. And guess what happens more in America than in any other Western Democratic Nation. People, including many children, die by guns. Even in Canada, that vast majority of gun deaths happen because guns can so easily be smuggled from the US into Canada.

If Democrats rose up and started shooting National Guard troops because Trump is using the military like a dictator, what do you think would happen? Allowing everyone the right to own firearms doesn't mean they can change anything a government does. All the 2nd amendment has done was make the US the only industrialized nation that has schools where someone shooting kids is a realistic possibility.

https://x.com/krassenstein/status/1960780495584944402

I beg to disagree.

It doesn't matter. If you restrict firearms enough these types of crimes simply don't happen, and when they do they're exceedingly rare. Having handguns available for protection do the opposite. It makes it more likely mentally ill people have guns and will use them. The Good guy with a gun theory is a fallacy. It's better not to allow people to have guns meant to kill people. BTW the 2nd amendment doesn't mean squat. You have a POTUS right now that's demanding his military to go into cities to seize control and ya'll aren't saying shit.

There's plenty of awful stuff in the Hebrew Bible. If you want to condense all your morality to what is written in Red, fine. But stop considering the Old Testament as a holy text. And elect them President.

That's a huge assumption. The current POTUS is a known sexual predator.

Or maybe treat them with respect and decency and not like they're all sexual predators looking to rape children. Because it seems white male "Chreestians" do their share of raping children. Look at whose in the White House!

The 600k Chinese students thing shows that Trump has no real values. Is China a threat or not? Conservatives in Canada want us to stop allowing so many students in. And we are. Then your Conservative God does this?

The shooter is trans. I'm sure that will give transphobes fuel to treat trans people like crap, only making more incidents like this more likely.

In most developed nations, mentally ill people don't have access to firearms.

- The Dollars has been mostly between 72-74 for like two years soooo. . . . - I'd rather our Healthcare than one that forces me to pay a deductible to access it. - I'd like to see a cite for this and over how long - Which drugs? please don't tell me it's Cannabis. - I'll give you this one. But it's not like any other large democracy is doing much better. Heck the US has a $30 Trillion debt.

Instead they just accuse DoFo and his supporters as being Liberal.

53%!!!! DoFo could go down as the most successful Premiere in Ontario history. And to think, 10 years ago people thought he was just his late crack-smoking brother's wingman.

Since being gifted a seat back, everything I've seen coming from PP is unpleasant and unproductive. I'm very happy I parked my vote with the Liberals this time.

"He's not doing anything!!! Do nothing PM!!!!" He goes to Europe to attempt to build some new business relationships. STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE!!!!! BLAGHGHGHG PP Tweeted that these agreements aren't binding. Kinda of like all those fake trade deals Trump signed with the EU, UK, Japan, South Korea etc? None of them are binding and The Orange Dictator with Heart Condition can change the terms on a whim. Name a trade deal Trump signed that's binding, in any way shape or form.