Canada has strict gun laws, so someone goes out and stabs a bunch of people instead. What's the point, eh? ~

@DDonde so we seem to be ok with the killings, as long as they weren't by guns?
"It could have been worse, it could have been a bullet." But i don't think the dead ppl care how they died.

It reminds me of the ever popular, "i have covid, but I'm so glad to be vaxxed." 🤦‍♂️

@easterniowegin you’re missing my point. He could’ve killed more with a gun and in a faster time period if he had had access to one

@DDonde i completely understood your point.
10 ppl were killed. But the outrage seems less, bc it wasn't a gun.

@easterniowegin Sure. And that’s because most people reading that news are American and America has a gun violence problem. Canada does not have a knife violence problem.

@DDonde
Stabbings are the #2 homicide category in canada...right behind gunshot.
~240 stabbing deaths last year in Canada, according to Statistics Canada.

~360 rifle (includes AR14 ) deaths in US, according to FBI homicide data for 2019

Given that Canada has one-tenth the population of the US, it might seem as if the stabbing situation is worse in Canada, than US's AR14 or "assault rifle" problem.

It's almost as if the MSM doesn't report info consistently or fairly. 🤔

@easterniowegin I didn't specify assault rifle, I said gun.

@DDonde you may not have, but brandon certainly has called them out.
I'm simply calling bs on the lack of factual reporting by msm and the politicized attacks on the "scary" guns.

You have even down-played the deaths by knives, with your "at least" statement and your declaration that "canada does not have a knife violence problem."
In fact, Canada's knive violence problem is statistically worse than US's "assault rifle" problem.

@easterniowegin But that's not relevant to what I'm saying

@easterniowegin one could argue violence is a part of society we will never be able to eliminate but at least we can restrict access to weapons that could cause much faster and easier a lot more harm.

@SW-User but that is such an ineffective and emotional response to the problem.
You don't punish an entire segment of the population for a few offenders.

Why not advocate for stricter penalties for offenders?
Or maybe we could evaluate the true root causes of the problem: poor training in respect/handling of weapons, poor mental health treatments, proper handling of bullies in the school environment, lack of enforcement of current laws by FBI/LEOs, hundreds of thousands of illegals pouring over our border, drug activity, gang activity, etc.

NONE of this ever gets addressed.

Or how about we complete an investigation with appropriate resulting discipline? Las Vegas? Uvalde?
We are too soft on crime...but want to be stricter with law-abiding citizens. It makes zero sense.

@easterniowegin I'm from Europe and do not understand why people should be in possesion of guns that are purely a mean of destruction.
We have drugs and illegal migration as well and self defense works perfectly without a gun.