Ottawa Shooting today

[DonSSDD]

A guy walked up to the honour guard at our War Memorial today and shot and killed one soldier at point blank range. He left there and went into the Parliment buildings where all our Members of Parliament were in attendance. The entrance is not heavily guarded but near the entrance is the office of the Sergeant At Arms, who is a bureaucrat who supervises a staff 3000 people in Ottawa. He works unarmed in an office, but has a gun handy. He grabbed it and killed the guy. Next thing he did was go back in his office and reload, just in case there was anyone else coming in the front door. One of his security people was wounded, but not one else in the Parliament buildings was hurt.

A true hero, a 58 year old former Mountie, he knew what to do. Kevin Vickers.

Don

 

[1958 delivery]

I take it his position is normally unarmed. He was smart enough to not buy into that and had a weapon handy, good for him.

 

[MRHP]

A tragedy, but could have been worse. Smart thinking and quick actions minimized bloodshed for sure.

 

[Fathead Racing]

Anyone who does this type of killing is a coward. Taking the life of an unaware person is the act of someone who would not have the courage to face another on the battle field. My sympathy to the fallen hero and his family. To the coward, may your soul rot in hell. God bless Canada.

 

[Phalen409]

It is the cowardly crap such as this that should reinforce, here in our own country, our right to keep and bear arms. The Sergeant At Arms, by the grace of God and training, most likely prevented other government officials from being harmed. My prayers will be with the families of those who were injured or killed in this tragic incident.

 

[tripower]

Anyone who does this type of killing is a coward. Taking the life of an unaware person is the act of someone who would not have the courage to face another on the battle field. My sympathy to the fallen hero and his family. To the coward, may your soul rot in hell. God bless Canada.

Amen

 

[scott hall]

x-2

 

[HemiChallenger71]

Leave it to a terrorist to attack un armed people from a country who only lends us/un support when asked and stays un-involved in most world affairs.

I hope they (canadian gov.) dont jam feel-good liberal gun legislation down everyones thorat again like they did with the last shooting.

 

[Dick MacKenzie]

Anyone who does this type of killing is a coward. Taking the life of an unaware person is the act of someone who would not have the courage to face another on the battle field. My sympathy to the fallen hero and his family. To the coward, may your soul rot in hell. God bless Canada.

Well put Ray. My prayers for the guard who was slain and his family.

 

[DonSSDD]

Well put Ray. My prayers for the guard who was slain and his family.

Ditto. Seems like "home grown Jihadist" as they are called. Coward is the right word.

Don

 

[nomad59NZ]

Anyone who does this type of killing is a coward. Taking the life of an unaware person is the act of someone who would not have the courage to face another on the battle field. My sympathy to the fallen hero and his family. To the coward, may your soul rot in hell. God bless Canada.

Coward is too good a word. What do we call these bunch of low life scums of the earth who recruit innocent kids to do the dirty work for them too.
Our hearts go out to those who have been affected.

Gav

 

[DonSSDD]

The dead soldier is on the left, picture taken a few minutes before the shooting by a tourist. The shooter came our from behind the monument, the guns the guards carry are ceremonial.

We have an editorial cartoonist in Halifax who captured the event this way:

 

[Fathead Racing]

The soldier who was shot and killed, as all honor guards that have this post, was basically unarmed. The weapon he and others carry are minus a firing pin. I have a hunch the limp prick coward that attacked and killed this man knew this. God bless Canada.

 

[1958 delivery]

The soldier who was shot and killed, as all honor guards that have this post, was basically unarmed. The weapon he and others carry are minus a firing pin. I have a hunch the limp prick coward that attacked and killed this man knew this. God bless Canada.

I doubt he was that intellegent

 

[DonSSDD]

I doubt he was that intellegent

You are right, he did the attack with a double barrel shotgun I believe.

Check this link for what met him inside the building. Basically suicide. Notice how everyone you see are heading toward the shooter, none going the other way.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1628505/v...-gunshots-inside-ottawa-parliament-buildings/

 

[Fathead Racing]

Don't sell these nitwit's short. His mother is a high mucky muck in immigration. I would think he knew something of the workings around parliament.

 

[Phil Reed]

It's just sad......................

 

[1958 delivery]

I read that Obama referred to this as "work place violence" not terrorism.

 

[jim_ss409]

Here's a picture of the soldier that got killed... Corporal Nathan Cirillo





Here's the looser that shot him...





This is the Sergeant at arms walking back to reload after shooting the terrorist.

 

[DonSSDD]

Wow Jim, hadn't seen that picture. Thanks.

They are describing this as a terrorist assault.

He used a 30-30 Winchester rifle, bolt action. Thanks god he had no friends with better guns.