Canada is not, never has, and never will be the united States. I remember in the mid 90s talking to some Canadians who thought Canadian gun laws were ultra strict and fully banned firearms and said 'look New York City had 2K murders while Toronto had 30 and they don't allow firearms anywhere near the city. Less guns and more control is the reason'.

This was in 1996. Canadian gun laws were nonexistent back then. Yet the rate still vastely lower (and both NYC and New York state had far, far more gun control than Canada at the time). They didn't even need a permit to own most guns back then and ammunition was entirely uncontrolled. Yet for some reason he acted like guns were a purely American thing and vastly overestimated the gun laws in Canada. Also Toronto does not have any laws forbidding gun ownership in the city now, let alone in 1996.

I also looked through a Playboy magazine (for the articles!) From 1981 that had a poster comparing gun violence in the US to Canada, Australia, the UK, and Japan. In 1981 there was so little gun laws in both Canada (even less than the 90s) and barely any in Australia. The UK had strict laws but almost no type of firearm banned. Japan's shown rate was significantly higher than today for some reason.

Even in Australia there were still mass shootings before Bondi Beach and from 1996 to 2010 the rate of mass murder in general remained consistent and more lethal per incident, with arson sharply rising in deadliness and incident at the same time firearms became less prevalent.

The line of thinking and talking has not changed despite the physical and legal reality being vastly different. Canada and the UK will not now nor would they ever be the US.

So fuck Florida, fuck the US, and everyone who acts like it is a benchmark for anything.

Every fucking incel rightwing jackass that has inspired to do their shit by right wing influencers and the only reaction is never to silence them but instead amplify their voices while passing internet restrictions and surveillance that only stop people from doing anything about it.

We have been seeing a militant, international murderous rise of incel motherfuckers and not a singular damn thing done about them. If your mentality is 'as long as they don't do it with a gun I am fine' then there is something deeply wrong with you.