Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

which is why it doesnt happen often.

meanwhile this happens often in US


Multiple people were shot early Tuesday at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, bar, and a suspect remains at large, police told CNN.

The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. at The Copper Top bar, Tuscaloosa police Sgt. Brent Blankley said. He would not confirm how many people were injured or their conditions.

CNN affiliate WVTM, citing officials at DCH Hospital, reported that 17 people were wounded. CNN affiliate WBRC said that of those hurt, one was in critical condition, and three were in serious condition.

dittybopper: ontariolightning: Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

which is why it doesnt happen often.

Or, is it just because Canada doesn't have nearly the population of the United States, therefore incidents like this are more rare?

They're definitely trying hard lately to keep up with the US.

Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

As you are an established liar, claims issued by you are not credible.

psh

2 dead and 21 injured would barely make the "Suburban Sweep" in Baltimore.

Man up, eh.

Funk Brothers: Gun violence in Toronto has been skyrocketing as of late. There was one at Eaton Centre in downtown a couple of months ago.

What is mayor Rob Ford going to do?

Have another weigh-in, of course.

Attractive and successful Afro-Canadians?

Black people...

Scarborough?

*clicks link*


Yep.

Good ol' Scarborough - the Newark, New Jersey of Canada.

Dear Canada,

Please excuse the inevitable Glen Danzig and Misfits pun, (especially the "die, die, my darling," ones) that will result from this thread. Along with those lyrics and the "obscure?" bit which, no, it is not obscure.

Regards,
mekkio

I was hoping for something more like this:

dittybopper: ontariolightning: Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

which is why it doesnt happen often.

Or, is it just because Canada doesn't have nearly the population of the United States, therefore incidents like this are more rare?

The murder rate per capita is much lower:
Link

RockChalkH1N1: Black people...

Excuse me, the preferred term is "Successful and Attractive African-Canadians" you insensitive jerk.

/and you need to say it in French first

Am I the only one that read the headline and thought Toronto caught fire?

JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

You must vote liberal. You deserve what you vote for.

Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

Very strict gun control laws mean that only criminals end up with guns. The laws don't make it any harder for the bad guys to get ahold of them. If they want to, they will. I'm from nearby Hamilton and I don't recall a lot of gun-related violence, but it did happen. Certainly plenty of beatings and knifey goodness to make up for the lack of shootings, however.

I also think that any idiots self-absorbed enough to think that solving their ridiculous petty dispute by shooting wildly in a crowd of people deserve to be stoned to death by a crowd of women wearing fake beards. Failing that, they could at least be donated to the military or to the USA as Indentured Meat Shields for the troops overseas. Better than taking up tax dollars by sitting in jail for 20 years.

Oh no! 2 public shootings within 3 months, in a city of 4 million people! We're all going to die!

We need more diversity!

Nothing about the Tuscaloosa, AL shooting earlier today?

dittybopper: ontariolightning: Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

which is why it doesnt happen often.

Or, is it just because Canada doesn't have nearly the population of the United States, therefore incidents like this are more rare?

I believe statistically speaking we don't shoot each other as often as Americans.

That said we have lots of guns in Canada - 7-8 million for a population of 35 million.

Handguns are fairly common where I live and IPSC is the fastest growing shooting sport. We have a 10 rnd cap on mags for pistols and 5 for most centre fire semis. Certain longguns like ARs are restricted, as are pistols and revolvers so you need a special permit. Some longguns like AKs, and pistols in .25 and .32, as well as those under 105mm are prohibited. There is a whole cottage industry dedicated to manufacturing 106mm barrels for Glock 30s, etc.

We also have unusual laws that treat a pump shotgun with an 8 inch barrel as a long gun as long as its oal is 26 inches.

I wonder if the shooters' pistols were registered and had reduced capacity magazines? I wonder.

OscarTamerz: Attractive and successful Afro-Canadians?

[www.cbc.ca image 300x169]

I see Canada has a chav population as well.

ontariolightning: meanwhile this happens often in US


Multiple people were shot early Tuesday at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, bar, and a suspect remains at large, police told CNN.

The shooting occurred about 12:30 a.m. at The Copper Top bar, Tuscaloosa police Sgt. Brent Blankley said. He would not confirm how many people were injured or their conditions.

CNN affiliate WVTM, citing officials at DCH Hospital, reported that 17 people were wounded. CNN affiliate WBRC said that of those hurt, one was in critical condition, and three were in serious condition.



Here's the Alabama suspect who is clearly a white person though the media has not mentioned this one time. This is another example of PC POLICE run amok. It makes me want to puke!

Scarborough?

No wonder. The biggest shiathole did ever did shiathole.

Might as well pave the entire area down. (They'd be doing us all a favor)

Some other wonderful areas of the GTA:
- Rexdale
- North York
- Much of Brampton
- Entire downtown core

Come to think of it, for anyone considering moving to Toronto, don't. (Unless you enjoy the stink of poverty, ignorance, and corporate greed)

beta_plus: RockChalkH1N1: Black people...

Excuse me, the preferred term is "Successful and Attractive African-Canadians" you insensitive jerk.

/and you need to say it in French first

I think I'll start demanding that I be called, "Swedish-Norwegian-Irish-Spanish-German-French-Swiss-American" or Mut-American for short.

Dimensio: JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

As you are an established liar, claims issued by you are not credible.

Ad hominem right out of the gate, nice!

JosephFinn: Dear Canada: Some of us forget what is means to be an American and that liberty isn't safe. The rest of us are armed.

Regards,
The United States

ontariolightning: Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

which is why it doesnt happen often.

Well, duh! Everyone knows that creating laws changes behavior.

JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

The shooter here is the real victim by having the evil Republicans of the United States put a gun in his hands.

Dear Canada: Welcome to the real world.

Rapmaster2000: Here's the Alabama suspect who is clearly a white person though the media has not mentioned this one time. This is another example of PC POLICE run amok. It makes me want to puke!

Meh, they should always mention the race. Unfortunately gun crime by whites is the exception, not the norm.

Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

The U.S. doesn't....that's where the assholes who do this are getting there guns from.

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I've always wondered. IF the roles were reversed and the U.S. was going through shootings because of illegally smuggled Canadian guns year after year, what they'd do?

SithLord: JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

You must vote liberal. You deserve what you vote for.

JosephFinn is an authoritarian fascist.

indarwinsshadow: Calmamity: I don't think this actually happened, because Canada has very strict handgun laws.

The U.S. doesn't....that's where the assholes who do this are getting there guns from.

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I've always wondered. IF the roles were reversed and the U.S. was going through shootings because of illegally smuggled Canadian guns year after year, what they'd do?

Judging by the drug war, we'd gin up a huge seizure and imprisonment industry and interdict upwards of .01% of the guns flowing across the border.

Biv: Some of us forget what is means to be an American

Apparently, what it means to be the American is to walk around armed to the teeth all the time when we aren't at home masturbating furiously to the latest issue of Guns & Ammo.

I don't own any guns. I must be a Fake American. ]


SithLord: JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States

You must vote liberal. You deserve what you vote for.

So do you.

The_Sponge: JosephFinn: Dear Canada: we're sorry that our country has no real gun laws and allows Smith & Wesson, Colt and various other companies to flood the planet with murder weapons. Some of us are working on the problem, despite a culture that glorifies murder and the myth of home defense.

Regards,
The United States


1/10

You could have earned another point if you had mentioned the U.N.

JosephFinn is not "trolling". He is a Chicago resident who asserts that his dishonest misrepresentation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution constitutes established precedent superseding the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

Anyone else think that bringing back regulated dueling (a la Weber's Honorverse) might help with issues like this?