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kevinbgoode1

(153 posts) Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:49 AM Oct 2014

Globe and Mail: Ottawa attack: MPs fashioned spears while Harper whisked into closet

I am not sure how to react. . .but some little part of me almost wants to laugh.

Stephen Harper spent about 15 minutes hidden in a Parliament Hill closet after a gunman stormed Centre Block where he and the rest of the Conservative caucus were guarded by MPs who’d fashioned sharp spears from flagpoles, sources say.

After they heard gunfire outside their meeting room door Wednesday, members of Parliament snapped close to 15 flagpoles to make weapons.

Some positioned themselves on risers that flanked doors, ready to attack an assailant.

Mr. Harper, meanwhile, had been whisked into a closet in the Centre Block room shortly after the gunfights outside began.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-attack-mps-fashioned-spears-while-harper-hid-in-closet/article21278580/

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Globe and Mail: Ottawa attack: MPs fashioned spears while Harper whisked into closet (Original Post) kevinbgoode1 Oct 2014 OP

Canada cannot escape American-style gun violence. They're too close. Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #1

Why would you blame it on the USA? NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #5

We don't export much anymore except weapons of war and gun violence Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #9

Dang... NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #2

Their version of the Secret Service did exactly what our Secret Service would do in the event of GGJohn Oct 2014 #3

I think that"s rather smart flamingdem Oct 2014 #4

That's also the latest training for active shootings. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #7

What a great reaction, thanks for this story. Go Canada! uppityperson Oct 2014 #6

Harper in the Closet? Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #8

You've got to love the Canadians... ReRe Oct 2014 #10

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

1. Canada cannot escape American-style gun violence. They're too close.

Reply to kevinbgoode1 (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:52 AM

Oct 2014

They should seriously consider building a fence along their southern border.

America is a diseased nation and it seeps into Canada.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

5. Why would you blame it on the USA?

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 01:01 AM

Oct 2014

Canada is quite capable of having these incidents on it's own. As have many other Western countries.

As for Canada, it had a particularly horrible shooting in 1989 known as the École Polytechnique massacre, where the male gunman went after women "because they were feminists."

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

9. We don't export much anymore except weapons of war and gun violence

Reply to NutmegYankee (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 01:12 AM

Oct 2014

We are the number one exporter of arms.

We have blessed the world...

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

2. Dang...

Reply to kevinbgoode1 (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:55 AM

Oct 2014

Those sound like some badass MPs.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

3. Their version of the Secret Service did exactly what our Secret Service would do in the event of

Reply to kevinbgoode1 (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:55 AM

Oct 2014

a terrorist attack on the White House, make sure the President is safe.
Nothing unusual here.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)

4. I think that"s rather smart

Reply to kevinbgoode1 (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:56 AM

Oct 2014

And a way to whittle away the time. I like Canadians more now, they keep their cool.

NutmegYankee

(16,199 posts)

7. That's also the latest training for active shootings.

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 01:04 AM

Oct 2014

A.L.I.C.E. training and run-hide-fight programs teach to get away if you can, hide in good cover if you can't, and if left with no options (gunman entering your hiding place), improvise weapons and attack the gunman.