Once again, innocent lives have been lost in a country with the sort of strict firearm regulations the gun prohibition lobby and anti-gun politicians advocate for here in the United States, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. proves how wrong they are.
“Eight people are dead because Canadian politicians haphazardly believed that restricting millions of honest gun owners would somehow prevent a madman from committing mayhem,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “That has never worked before, it didn’t work in northeast British Columbia, and it won’t work tomorrow in Canada, the United States or anywhere else, and by now, gun control zealots in both countries should have figured that out.”
The suspect, who took his own life, has been identified as an 18-year-old transgender individual who reportedly was known to police, according to the BBC. Authorities have described the shooter as having been born a biological male, “but identified as a woman.” The suspect previously had a gun license, but it expired in 2024, and police had previously visited the suspect’s home and seized guns, which were later returned when the owner petitioned for them. Neither of the guns recovered by police at the crime scene were registered to the shooter.
“As more information about the suspected shooter is made public,” Gottlieb observed, “it is clear this individual had some serious mental and emotional problems. He reportedly murdered his mother and 11-year-old brother before going to the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School to continue the deadly rampage.
“What this and other incidents have shown us is that banning certain types of guns, requiring all sorts of paperwork, creating so-called ‘gun-free zones,’ and adopting safe storage mandates will not prevent deranged individuals from committing deadly crimes,” he continued. “Anyone who thinks otherwise is horribly mistaken, if not completely delusional.
“It is time for the gun control crowd on both sides of the border to come to their senses,” Gottlieb stated. “Penalizing law-abiding citizens with onerous gun restrictions is a social experiment which was obviously fatally flawed from the beginning, and we can only hope Canadian authorities will finally recognize that, and try some other strategy.”
About the CCRKBA
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
The left doesn’t say much when a sexually confused pervert commits these mass shootings. These deviants need to be called out and dealt with before they commit these crimes!
Hi there Alan. I don’t think that gun storage at home in a safe when you are gone is delusional and I am surprised you included that in your statement. IMO, anyone who thinks that having guns laying around in your house or in the closet (when you are gone) is ok, needs to seriously examine the end result of not having a safe. There is a large percentage of home invasions and robberies taking place and it is from gangs and others stealing guns and looking for drugs and money. You push the button on your car burglar alarm… Read more »