We don't mess around

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We (Canadians) have had 2 attacks on our soldiers and parliament this week and both attackers are dead. The worst kind of attack to try to protect from is a crazy person on a suicide mission and we have done pretty well. Unfortunately 2 good men have died, but only 2. The idiot that attacked our Parliament was dead within 90 seconds of attacking. I love my country.

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Ottawa Shooting coverage for those interested

[swamp]

Oct 24, 2014 12:32:12 GMT -5 laterbloomer said:

We (Canadians) have had 2 attacks on our soldiers and parliament this week and both attackers are dead. The worst kind of attack to try to protect from is a crazy person on a suicide mission and we have done pretty well. Unfortunately 2 good men have died, but only 2. The idiot that attacked our Parliament was dead within 90 seconds of attacking. I love my country.

Kevin Vickers rocks.

[NancysSummerSip]

Kevin Vickers looks like one tough dude. Seeing him carry that gold staff into the Parliament chambers (I think it's called a ceremonial mace), my first thought was, "I think he could really hurt someone with that thing. I would not want to make him mad."

[HoneyBBQ]

I'm 30 minutes away from ANOTHER school shooting. And the ballot in our mailboxes will disallow any background checks unless there is a national standard.

I'm moving to BC.

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It is so Canadian that Kevin had to go to his office and find his service revolver, but he did it quickly and efficiently. And he was so dignified accepting the applause in gratitude for his quick action.

I'm a little embarrassed about the terrorist talk though. This was a home grown idiot that was nothing but a wannabe terrorist. We have reasonable security measures and they can always be reviewed but I don't want us to become security crazy.

[Nazgul Girl]

   I am half Canadian and grieve for the dead, but am so impressed by Mr. Vickers' actions.   Thank God that the killer didn't turn into the room with the prime minister and other top officials.   I'm Canadian too.  

[ZaireinHD]

this story is on my local news several networks

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As a born & bred Canadian, I find this coward "terrorist" disgusting. He wasn't from another country, he was born and raised in Quebec. His birth-name was Michael.

He also lived in British Columbia for a time. He managed to rack up a record in armed robberies and drug dealing.

He was a radical nut-job - and now a young boy who lost his father, is without a daddy as that father made his his final journey home today from Ottawa to Hamilton.

Such a sad turn of events for our nation.

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Oct 24, 2014 23:35:47 GMT -5 Nazgul Girl said:

   I am half Canadian and grieve for the dead, but am so impressed by Mr. Vickers' actions.   Thank God that the killer didn't turn into the room with the prime minister and other top officials.   I'm Canadian too.  

I'm not sure he could. Evan the PM's security detail had to knock on the door to get in to secure him in a closet (Ya, Americans have a top notch war bunker, the PM gets a closet ) It wasn't just luck that the attacker didn't head straight for the PM's security people.

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When this horror went down, I think we were ALL Canadian. I'm just glad more deaths didn't result. Good work on the part of Mr. Vickers. He's definitely a hero!

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We also had a soldier killed in a targeted hit and run in Quebec. That attacker is also dead. I am sending prayers for the families of the dead soldiers but I am very proud that these incidents were contained the way they were. The attackers had dreams of killing so many but were thwarted in those attempts. All they succeeded in doing was getting someone they could shoot in the back like coward or in a totally random ambush. Once we (ya, I'm using the royal we ) knew what they were up to they were toast.

[weltschmerz]

I was on another board where people were saying that Canada should arrest and jail people who are on a watch list.

Aside from being contrary to our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, you can't jail people for thought crimes or their ideology. We will not be turned into a draconian police state, where people are arrested before any crime was committed. It's not who we are as Canadians.

That being said, revoking their passports serves very little purpose. Give them their passports, let them go to Syria or whatever hellhole they want to fight in, and if there are terror-related activities, just don't let them back into Canada.

 End of story.

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I'm with you weltz, we won't be turned into a police state. The fact is we dealt with this threat well and with the lessons we have learned we will be even more efficient without giving up our freedoms and accessibility. One easy fix, we will cover our backs so it isn't so simple to come up behind a guard. It might seem silly we didn't before, but thankfully we don't have a lot of experience with this nonsense.