PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers

Diplômés et étudiants de l'École #Polytechnique, familles de victimes de la tuerie du 6 décembre 1989, qui militent pour un meilleur contrôle des armes

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

(Credit: @CH_Cartoon)

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

"Chez #PolySeSouvient, on estime que des élus se sont 'laissés induire en erreur' par la campagne d’https://t.co/zQXjrRkKlE. 'Ça aurait été souhaitable que les municipalités fassent preuve d’un peu plus de rigueur'.. La résolution de Gracefield - reprise par plusieurs municipalités - indique entre autres que 'les armes utilisées dans les crimes violents proviennent majoritairement du marché noir et non du marché légal'.. 'les tueries de masses (la plupart sont commises avec des armes légalement acquises), c’est de la criminalité réelle'.. La députée fédérale Nathalie Provost, qui a reçu quatre des balles tirées à #Polytechnique le 6 décembre 1989, se dit de son côté 'découragée' par la campagne de résolutions municipales. 'On n’est plus capables de faire des politiques publiques parce que la désinformation est trop puissante'." Via @MarcAllard1 @justinemercier @le_nouvelliste https://t.co/dALvOExgMb

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

"Le site https://t.co/zQXjrRkKlE ne divulgue pas l’identité de son propriétaire. Pas de section 'à propos de', ni de coordonnées; seulement un formulaire de contact anonyme. La plateforme invite toutefois les visiteurs à adhérer à deux organisations du lobby proarmes: l’Association canadienne pour les armes à feu (#NFA) et la Coalition canadienne pour le droit aux armes à feu (#CCFR). Professeur d’histoire spécialisé dans les armes à feu, Francis Langlois (@AikiCulture) voit dans la stratégie du site https://t.co/zQXjrRkKlE une reprise du 'playbook' américain, avec l’envoi de 'projets de loi clés en main' dans le cadre d’une campagne orchestrée par la National Rifle Association (#NRA)." Via @MarcAllard1 @justinemercier @lesoleildeqc https://t.co/ou4uub1D6j

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

"Un animateur spécialisé en chasse et pêche, proche du lobby proarmes, a organisé une vaste mobilisation citoyenne qui a incité des dizaines de municipalités à s’opposer au programme fédéral de rachat des armes (d'assaut). Ce type de campagne illustre un 'trou' dans la loi provinciale, selon le commissaire au lobbyisme. M. Bourget reconnaît que ses intérêts financiers sont tout de même liés à l’industrie des armes à feu. Une bonne partie de son salaire 'provient de fabricants d’armes à feu', dit-il. Ces derniers sont 'les principaux commanditaires' de son balado"
via @MarcAllard1 @justinemercier @LeDroitca https://t.co/JYM5oSmdLs

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Shooting at the Toronto festival on July 11: "We seem to overlook the other victims of gun violence in these events: the five people who were also injured that night, either by bullets or in the rush to escape, who will likely suffer from deteriorating health over time; the hundreds of others who witnessed or heard the shooting that night who will bear mental scars; the survivors’ and witnesses’ loved ones, who will also bear some of the emotional burden left by this event. Too often, our methods for quantifying the true impact of gun violence fall short of appreciating just how many people are victimized by shootings."
- Jooyoung Lee via @globeandmail https://t.co/gFjnoyPn6H

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

Two Leeds County men face more than 80 gun-related charges; one also charged with sexual assault https://t.co/Fi2z6PO4dp

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

@Polysesouvient @WinnipegNews Every time the disciples of the NRA North go on social media to respond to a citizen's concern with their rabid vitriol they seem to remind the average Canadian why they and their leaders can't be trusted. Beautiful. They should keep it up.

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

[LETTER TO THE EDITOR @WinnipegNews] Firearms protest puzzling Re: Gun owners rally at city hall (July 14)
"I am puzzled by the comments offered by attendees at the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights rally. One person suggests the gun policy will 'take away freedom' and that gun ownership is an 'essential right.' Raquel Dancho, MP for Kildonan–St. Paul, said that the policy targets 'family artifacts and heirlooms' and that owning guns is part of the 'Canadian identity.' Admittedly, I don’t have a clear understanding of #BillC21 and the gun #buyback policy, but I am at a loss to understand how military-style assault weapons could be family heirlooms, or an essential right, or even be necessary to hunt for food. My idea of Canadian identity and freedom is being able to live without the fear of being killed by the gunfire of a criminal or paranoid person. This seems to happen daily in the United States, with their professed 'right to bear arms.'" -Annette Lowe
https://t.co/wI3ZIU4UNl

[JEeEnEnAA @jennAA2014]

@alandrummond2 I just don’t understand why the government tried to appease these people. They are not appeasable. They don’t care about public safety or evidence.

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

"The folks organizing the marketing campaign for gun rights might need to do a better job of reading the room. On Monday, members of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights @CCFR_CCDAF protested outside @cityofwinnipeg as part of a national day of protest in support of gun rights, in advance of what is expected to be a landmark case this fall in the Supreme Court of Canada @SCC_eng.. Even though the legal case is tenuous, gun owners shrilly disagree with any effort to take their guns. This is a movement rooted in a dangerous tributary of libertarianism that believes it should be able to own any type of gun for any reason, without the need to register or any kind of restrictions.. A smart public-relations professional would likely tell gun rights activists to keep their powder dry and push their protest back so it did not take place in the wake of this wave of gun violence.. While it’s important every Canadian be considered innocent until proven guilty, when you find hundreds of unregistered weapons and $300,000 in cash in the home of one of the country’s more famous gun-rights advocates, you can start to connect the dots between the illegal gun supply used in crimes and some — emphasis on some — so-called legal gun owners."
-@danlett via @WinnipegNews
https://t.co/M9sh1eUNfX

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

Awkward time to campaign for gun rights

Dan Lett, the Winnipeg Free Press

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Former Conservative MP Inky Mark said he's been legally collecting firearms since the early 1970s but admitted some are now illegal due to gun law changes over the years. He also admitted to transferring guns "according to (police) illegally, which it was" three times.

Curious to see reactions of the "need tougher penalties!" pro-gun crowd...

Google Maps shows May 2024 sign that says "Trudeau confiscating all your guns" displayed near his property . That and several others signs were not seen at the property on Tuesday. Mark said in a 2012 letter to the Western Producer newspaper that "all firearms laws should be removed" from Canada's Criminal Code. https://t.co/4zyMbYtYMT via @CBC

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Où est la détermination habituelle de @MarkCarney? Sylvie Haviernick et Serge St-Arneault, qui ont tous deux perdu une sœur dans la tragédie de #Polytechnique, expliquent ce que le gouvernement fédéral @parti_liberal peut faire pour mettre en place un véritable contrôle des armes à feu, y compris de s’empresser d’organiser des consultations plus rapides concernant le #SKS, qui a causé la mort récemment à Montréal https://t.co/FOR1Yx2Cdx via @LP_LaPresse

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

Former Conservative Manitoba MP arrested for firearm trafficking. You know, the "law and order" party.

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

Do you think he was "vetted" daily?

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

439 weapons found in home former Conservative MP. Hundreds illegally stored. Charged with firearms trafficking, unsafe storage, possession of a gun with tampered serial no, possession of property obtained by crime.

A stockpile of this many guns is a #PublicSafety risk in and of itself.

Inky Mark was appointed Manitoba Director of the National Firearms Association in 2011 after having fought to abolish key #GunControl measures as an MP for ReformParty, CanadianAlliance and @CPC_HQ. Before all that he was president of a handgun club.

A decades-long champion of the #GunLobby

https://t.co/anp4VPjmFq via @CBC

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

Two mass shootings in one #Toronto weekend: two dead, five hurt at Salsa on St. Clair (day two cancelled), then five more shot outside a Port Lands club hours later. The #HandgunFreeze & #BillC21 were a start, not an endpoint. Public safety from gun violence must come first: prevention, enforcement, police operations and border controls all need to be optimized https://t.co/EopzYTLNIp @AsiaBlosser @mahdishabibinia @PattyWinsa

[alan drummond @alandrummond2]

Perhaps it would be helpful if the gun lobby would spend less time criticizing and rage farming against the government, Liberals and concerned gun control groups and actually suggest reasonable alternative policy beyond "go after the criminals".

[PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers @Polysesouvient]

[LETTER TO THE EDITOR @mtlgazette] "If anyone has the right and moral authority to demand a ban on the #SKS assault rifle that is believed to have been used in the June 22 killing of a police officer and an innocent bystander in Côte-des-Neiges, it is #HeidiRathjen, a survivor (witness) of the horrific #Polytechnique massacre in 1989. As spokesperson for PolySeSouvient, she states it’s been 36 years that the group has been calling for a ban on assault rifles, only to face postponement after postponement by the federal government. Despite the pushback by gun owners and lobbies, we must focus on the victims of gun violence — those killed and those left behind to mourn them. Why anyone would think it’s OK to own an assault rifle, especially in a city, is beyond me. One has to have been in the #CDN area or seen the long assault weapon pointed at people below through an open hotel window to feel the fear and apprehension at the horror that was unfolding. Kudos to Rathjen for never abandoning the fight to rid us of these horrible weapons and never letting us forget the 14 women killed in 1989 — and all victims of gun violence — in her goal to ensure a safer world for future generations." -Goldie Olszynko https://t.co/XJMGbapNTH