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Gun laws 32 years after the École Polytechnique mass shooting

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Can a R15 Be Used in Mass Shootings in Canada?

An investigation that the globe did a couple of years ago found that assault style rifles were linked to a relatively small number, actually, less than one %, of homicide investigations in canada. So how will banning and buying back these rifles then make the country safer? Yes, that's a difficult one, and it's difficult to answer. Because by taking these kinds of rifles that have been associated with a lot of mass shootings in the us, off the streets, it's really a preventative measure. It's a safeguard against one day mash tings taking place in canada on the scale that they have in the us.

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