Mass shooting in Nova Scotia (homes, to buy, auction)
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As I understand it, an RCMP officer was the first (or one of the first) victims and the shooter acquired a police cruiser and uniform at that time? Or did he have a uniform and cruiser lookalike already? I'm wondering how he managed to victimize so many people?
It would be different if he entered a room with 23 plus people and opened fire, but these shootings fall out as mostly separate incidents. Did he pose/present himself to the victims as a police officer to gain an element of trust/surprise?
I'm from the States, so pardon if some of these questions are more obvious to Canadian residents.
It does not appear the RCMP officer was the first person shot. She was shot on Sunday morning whereas it all started late Saturday night and many people were shot overnight.
Strangely, the worst mass shooting in Australia's history was in a remote area of Tasmania. That was the event which led to a massive change in our gun laws. The killer is in jail for life and his name is spoken as little as posssible. I am sure many Tasmanians would have known someone connected with that event.
And it happened shortly after the Dunblane massacre in Scotland.
The gunman was charged with assaulting a 15 year old boy waiting for a bus in 2001:
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the denturist came outside screaming that the teenager was too close to his business.
“He came out, I guess, in a half-drunken rage and ended up punching me as many times in the head as he could,” said Matthew, who is now 34 and works in sales in Dartmouth. Global News has chosen not to reveal Matthew’s full name as he was a minor at the time of the assault.
“Then he had a friend who came over from around the corner and hit me with a crowbar,” Matthew said. “Then the two men stomped on my head and all over my body.”
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XXXXXXX, who was 33 at the time of the arrest, ultimately pleaded guilty in January 2002 and was given a conditional discharge and nine months’ probation.
Strangely, the worst mass shooting in Australia's history was in a remote area of Tasmania. That was the event which led to a massive change in our gun laws. The killer is in jail for life and his name is spoken as little as posssible. I am sure many Tasmanians would have known someone connected with that event.
I have a friend from Tasmania. I met him while he was living in Vancouver, ( over 25 years ago ) before moving back to Australia. Sydney this time. They have moved back to Tasmania. I'd ask them, but as you say, I'm pretty sure they would know or know of someone affected by that event.
Australia's population is smaller than Canada's, so the degree of separation is that much smaller.
Wow. I'm not a mental health expert, but one would think beating a 15 year old for just standing at a bus stop warrants something more than " he was just drunk".
Polytechnique happened in 1989. It's been a difficult push-and-pull ever since when it comes to strengthening Canada's gun control laws and measures.
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