At least seven dead after school shooting in British Columbia

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr5lnzqdr5pt

Can’t see a thread on this. What a tragic situation.

So you did not hunt nor target shoot nor kill off predatory animals which risked your livelyhood.

Apparently, this guy used to post on social media about shooting and self reliance. His mother posted about him doing it too.

The 'transguns' sub-reddit temporarily suspended its board to remove this teenagers posts. There is speculation that he was one of the moderating team on that sub-reddit.

Indeed.

The problem in Canada is that no professional councellor could have sat down and discussed his mental health or they would risk being ostracised, kicked out of their professional organisation and lose their job and get 10 years of harassment, look what happened to Jordan Peterson.

So all you have is affirmation and more affirmation. What he wants he gets or else.

Wow.

It's unprofessional - agreed. But it was clearly an error and its now been corrected in the article.

I wonder whether merchandise like this will start disappearing. And whether the signs at protests that demand that people 'arm trans people' or 'arm the dolls' will now disappear.

https://x.com/babybeginner/status/2021857455903584385?s=20

These do not help people with already poor mental health, I would think.

Tbf if you are under attack and by some miracle still had the capacity to engage a firearm a handgun is the better choice than a long barrel.
Bears are Usain Bolt fast or faster shooting something running at you and getting a kill shot is iffy. You want to hurt it enough that it will stop trying to kill you.

I notice this morning the BBC's story about police identify killer that the "male who identifies as a woman" bit has been moved from quite close to the start of the article to 10 paragraphs down about an hour ago. No she/her thank goodness, but down the truth goes.

Not even in the headlines on the BBC news channel anymore.

Hummm... thats a police line of inquiry which reddit need to manage.

I do understand main stream UK culture is not familar with hunting or need for protection from wildlife and tends to be very anti guns but I image the Candian population including authorities may want to explore at what point do you step in with guns in house and mental health issues.

Reading this is does look like questions are being asked about guns and mental health support.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8w95knp55o
Police said they had attended the suspect's family home on multiple occasions over the past several years, with some calls related to mental health concerns.
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Van Rootselaar was known to police, and "we've begun the process of reaching out to" the public health care system to "understand what interactions may have taken place," British Columbia Premier David Eby told a news conference outside the Tumbler Ridge town hall late on Wednesday evening.
The suspect previously had a valid gun licence that had since lapsed, McDonald said.
Police said Van Rootselaar had dropped out of Tumbler Ridge Secondary School four years ago.

WTAF

Huh?

Reported

Why is that good news?

Presumably because the poster hates women and the mums of mumsnet

That's a disgusting thing to say it's very sad (referring to deleted post not the one directly above mine)

The suspect previously had a valid gun licence that had since lapsed, McDonald said.

Its likely the lapsed was because the family /he was told it would not be renewed and likely this was part of the gun owner getting their guns returned/ licenced

Very sad. Shocking for their loved ones.

I'm guessing because the poster thinks his mother was to blame for what he did, since women are responsible for what men do. Or at least are as bad as a mass murderer if they have a discussion that a misogynist doesn't like. One way or another, they're to blame.

You don't know that he was on meds.

He might have been, he might not have been.

Either way the bottom line is, the treatment that he and other people like him (including girls who say they want to be boys), is not being given. They need the same support that an anorexic or someone with fantastical obsessive feelings needs, MH therapy to manage those feelings and change behaviour.

I was speaking generally not about the killer whose medical history I do not know.

However living in Canada and having been trans identified for several years according to reports is it likely he was.

So I absolutely stand by the points in my post.

Excellent and very thorough piece, from last year so it doesn’t include this shooting, the written article is partially paywalled but you can listen to the whole article narrated.
https://quillette.com/2025/10/16/we-need-to-talk-about-trans-identified-killers/

Yes for 2021 (best data I could find) it was 83 female perpetrators (of which it’s possible one or more were men, given Canada’s approach to gender identity ideology).

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2022001/article/00015-eng.htm