Despite spending some time in Canada, it had totally passed me by that civilian gun ownership was allowed. Daft really, I should have known that.
I suppose a lot of people still 'live off the land' there, so need guns to hunt. But then tragedies like this happen...it beggars belief that anyone would go into a school with a gun. Fight with your family/mates/strangers in the street - well maybe, but to purposely target a school? It's beyond me 