But it's legal to own firearms in Canada with the proper licenses and reasons. A gun doesn't refuse to fire because of what it's being pointed at.
I have to think that it's something deeper, societal values and pressures that drive people into this. That article earlier about the knife attack in China - it mentioned that rapid societal change is letting mentally ill people slip through the cracks.
I have to think that our systems in place and Canadian society values play a larger part than we think in controlling situations like this.
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