School shootings are something that we know about, in Canadian history they are something we aren 't oblivious to. The Montreal Massacre significantly affected Canada in terms of equality, justice and safety. Numerous individuals had differentiating perspectives on the massacre that took place. Many questions were raised: Why did Marc Lépine shoot and murder fourteen women, while leaving the men alive? Why was Lépine yelling "You’re all feminists?", yet shooting at women who guaranteed they weren 't feminists? (Porter, Catherine) Regardless of the Montreal Massacre being a negative event, the long term consequences were positive. Despite the fact that the media and Canadians had varying perspectives on the thinking behind it. They still on
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After the Montreal Massacre, Heidi Rathjen and Wendy Cukier, made the Coalition for Gun Control, their work supported to a 1995 government gun control legislation (Lanthier, Stephanie), that no longer made it legal to have a gun. This was because Lépine got his gun legally (Lanthier, Stephanie), in spite of the fact that the awful occasion had already occurred, and that individuals had varying perspectives, some good had came out from it. Canada got new gun laws, to keep this from happening ever again. Also, it 's an unmistakable evidence of the inequality between men and women. You realize that Lépine particularly focused on women, and this was a defining moment in the society. Individuals were compelled to see the truth of things. Canadians started to understand that violence against women was a reality. It 's not their fault that they fought for their rights, only to be abused. Individuals understood it was because of the way women are looked down in society. It didn 't stop there however. Peoples awareness lead to the sixth of December being a "Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women." (Bindel, Julie). However just because people are aware of violence doesn’t mean it still doesn’t exist. That day exists for us to remember those we lost, and to ensure people realize this is a genuine issue and not something devised by …show more content…
It was the most awful single day mass murder took place in Canada. The actions of Lépine most people would think it’s clear that this was an attack on women, yet the media had an alternate thought. By dismissing the issue, it angered who spoke up to argue that it was an attack on women, not just because Lépine may have had a mental illness. Lépine killed the women and not the men since he trusted that the women were the problem (Bindel, Julie). Even with the varying opinions on the massacre, a collective amount of people still believed that change needed to happen because of this Lépine got his weapon legally so individuals made new firearm laws to keep another event like this from happening again. Therefore, even though the Montreal Massacre was a horrifying even some good happened in our country from it and it wasn’t completely
After the Montreal Massacre, Heidi Rathjen and Wendy Cukier, made the Coalition for Gun Control, their work supported to a 1995 government gun control legislation (Lanthier, Stephanie), that no longer made it legal to have a gun. This was because Lépine got his gun legally (Lanthier, Stephanie), in spite of the fact that the awful occasion had already occurred, and that individuals had varying perspectives, some good had came out from it. Canada got new gun laws, to keep this from happening ever again. Also, it 's an unmistakable evidence of the inequality between men and women. You realize that Lépine particularly focused on women, and this was a defining moment in the society. Individuals were compelled to see the truth of things. Canadians started to understand that violence against women was a reality. It 's not their fault that they fought for their rights, only to be abused. Individuals understood it was because of the way women are looked down in society. It didn 't stop there however. Peoples awareness lead to the sixth of December being a "Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women." (Bindel, Julie). However just because people are aware of violence doesn’t mean it still doesn’t exist. That day exists for us to remember those we lost, and to ensure people realize this is a genuine issue and not something devised by …show more content…
It was the most awful single day mass murder took place in Canada. The actions of Lépine most people would think it’s clear that this was an attack on women, yet the media had an alternate thought. By dismissing the issue, it angered who spoke up to argue that it was an attack on women, not just because Lépine may have had a mental illness. Lépine killed the women and not the men since he trusted that the women were the problem (Bindel, Julie). Even with the varying opinions on the massacre, a collective amount of people still believed that change needed to happen because of this Lépine got his weapon legally so individuals made new firearm laws to keep another event like this from happening again. Therefore, even though the Montreal Massacre was a horrifying even some good happened in our country from it and it wasn’t completely