CoalitionforGunControl

The Canadian Coalition for Gun Control is the only national non-profit group working to reduce gun injury, death and crime. Follow us in French @cgcmontreal.

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad"
https://t.co/MIvRuWJRB7

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

“The police, in our view, already had information to remove the guns, so the question is why were they returned? Secondly, we know assault weapons are extremely dangerous. They’re designed to maximize the damage and number of victims. We know that large-capacity magazines help shooters increase the death toll. We need to know where the system broke down, what factors were considered, and change them as soon as possible before the next mass shooting”
https://t.co/fBc6IIj9Zs @ceciliahuatv @CityNewsVAN

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Carey Price's Benelli was never banned

(and never targeted to be banned: that was #CCFR-generated #disinformation)

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"Daniel Desmond Crowder of North Rustico is facing two charges in connection with 3D-printed firearms and issuing online threats." #canada #PEI #terrorism
https://t.co/J9CCGOoix9

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Important investigative report by @Cain in @IJFMedia on the 2022 Vaughan condo mass shooting by a licenced handgun owner despite being subject to a protection order:

"𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁? Francesco Villi inflicted terror and misery on his neighbours for years. Why was he able to legally buy the handgun he would use to murder 5 people?"
https://t.co/g4G8yFFs5X

A key takeaway is that the measure in former #BillC21 (passed 3 yrs ago) making revocation of a firearms licence *automatic* for people subject to a protection order IS STILL NOT IN FORCE

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"Group assisting long-planned review of firearms — including SKS — has yet to meet" via @globalnews by @JimBronskill
https://t.co/oz0hoyP00C

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

“Guns don’t kill people; people do”: the global diffusion of gun-rights rhetoric and ideology examined https://t.co/92lpVTm95c

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"Northern Ontario search warrant nets firearms, suspected cocaine" #canada #guncontrol
https://t.co/suYmyqCLrW

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

Yukon to appoint firearms advocate so gun owners can 'continue to be heard' #guncontrol #yukon
https://t.co/lMkXLzLrVy

[National Post @nationalpost]

Confusion, gunshots during Yom Kippur service at Belleville synagogue.

'I yelled for everyone to get on the floor, to crouch right down,' said the synagogue's president https://t.co/ELioezqhcS

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Handwritten notes from Edmonton man who pleaded guilty to manufacturing and possessing illegal firearms earlier this year mention #BillC21 — the 2023 #GunControl legislation that froze handgun sales & cracked down on ghost guns. Before his arrest, Tucker was a legal firearms owner who held a possession & acquisition licence (PAL) and and one for restricted firearms (RPAL). Police found 38 lawfully owned guns when they searched his home in 2024, though he also owned several illegal over-capacity magazines. https://t.co/usD5Ne5Ilt

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"16-year-old boy charged with threatening Pickering school, manufacturing firearm parts" #canada
https://t.co/2kfvV6SQRQ

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Explosive information from @MotherJones's investigative report re Tumbler Ridge mass shooting:

"The violent contents of Van Rootselaar’s two ChatGPT accounts, detailed here publicly for the first time, are far more extensive and disturbing than previously known...

She pushed ChatGPT to create graphic fictional narratives of mass killings. One ... featured a perpetrator named 'Jess' who shot police and stalked and terrorized her victims as she executed them...

In an August 2025 conversation, Van Rootselaar asked ChatGPT to produce a scenario about her attacking a college campus with a Remington 870 pump-action shotgun and causing maximum carnage. (After she) added 'hypothetically' to her prompt. ChatGPT then produced the content, describing in vivid language the tactical qualities of the weapon and where it would be effective. 'In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 is brutal. Close quarters is its playground.'" https://t.co/yFri3uo5Du

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"´Ontario challenges Ottawa’s firearms ban over ‘imprecise’ use of regulations" #guncontrol #canada #ON
https://t.co/fjiQr8JeTc

[Toronto Police @TorontoPolice]

57 shootings so far this year - the second-lowest number at this point in two decades, and 61% fewer than in 2005, Toronto’s “Summer of the Gun.”

That’s meaningful progress.

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Cinq associations militant en faveur du contrôle des armes redoublent de pression sur la @grcrcmppolice pour qu’elle divulgue des informations sur les armes à feu utilisées lors de la fusillade de masse survenue à #TumblerRidge, en février, en CB. Selon elles, un débat public sur ces détails pourrait contribuer à prévenir une nouvelle tragédie https://t.co/Ms9cEaPqDx via @so_chev

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

“But Canadians have a right to know how our gun control system worked — or failed to work — when multiple children are shot and killed in a matter of minutes,” #BC #TumblerRidge
https://t.co/aKILPufeu5

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"Mother of student killed in Dawson College shooting 20 years ago demands Carney ‘act now’ on gun controls" #guncontrol #canada

https://t.co/IQBPcqrHyq

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

"After her daughter’s death, Louise De Sousa became an advocate with #PolySeSouvient — a prominent Canadian gun-control advocacy group founded in 1989 following the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal. She believes the government should do more regarding gun control. 'Depending on the government we have, we do two steps back, one step forward, then you know, they stop. I find it should be a lot more severe' she said." https://t.co/0EhIxodKH9 @heniaouldhammou

[Danforth Families For Safe Communities @DanforthFSC]

Today we remember Reese and Julianna and all the victims affected 8 years ago. What happened to our families and community is still present in our thoughts. We continue to advocate for better outcomes where gun violence is concerned. Recent events remind us there is more to do.

[CoalitionforGunControl @CGCguncontrol]

"Gun still missing after two charged in theft of RCMP officer's equipment from Prince Albert hotel room" #saskachewan #canada
https://t.co/75siZXqwhz