r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 06 '22

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/MasterMirr0r al Jun 09 '22

I have a friend who insists the stats show that the vast majority of mass shootings in Canada are from legal firearms.. this sounds suspect, to say the least. What are the actual stats?

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u/Scopequest Jun 09 '22

It may depend on what you mean by mass shooting. Do you include domestic violence? Do you include gang crime? Check out these lists and read the articles and see if they count to you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mass_shootings_in_Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spree_shootings_in_Canada

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

That mass shootings page is incredibly misleading. I don't know of anyone who would consider a murder suicide a mass shooting let alone two gang members shot by another gang member.

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u/Scopequest Jun 10 '22

Yep, that's part of my point. "Mass shooting" isn't defined and some people will twist it to what they want. I've heard as lose a definition (in the States) as an event where a shot is fired and 4 or more people are injured by any means.