Montreal shooting sparks gun control debate: Will
Montreal shooting sparks gun control debate: Will. After a shooting in Montreal left 3 dead, the mayor called for stricter gun control. We analyze whether more regulations actually stop criminals—and Canada's { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru#person", "name": "Gun Guru", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru", "description": "Gun Guru is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/58d66f2f-06ea-4f36-97bf-45035316660a.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/montreal-shooting-canada-gun-control-debate#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/montreal-shooting-canada-gun-control-debate" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/montreal-shooting-canada-gun-control-debate", "headline": "Montreal shooting sparks gun control debate: Will", "name": "Montreal shooting sparks gun control debate: Will", "description": "After a shooting in Montreal left 3 dead, the mayor called for stricter gun control. We analyze whether more regulations actually stop criminals—and Canada's", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "Montreal shooting analysis: On June 22, a gunman opened fire outside a downtown Montreal hotel, killing one police officer and one civilian before being shot dead by responding officers—and within 24 hours, Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada was calling for stricter gun control. In his Greyhive breakdown, Gun Guru walks through what actually happened and whether new laws would stop a determined killer. Gun Guru, a Connecticut-based 2A commentator, frames the incident against a simple question the mayor's press conference dodged: was this a gun problem, or a person problem? The shooter used an SKS—a Soviet-era rifle that is one of the only semi-automatic firearms Canadians are still permitted to own after years of escalating bans. This piece extends that commentary into a side-by-side look at Canada's regulatory framework versus the U.S. constitutional model, and why Gun Guru argues the two countries respond to tragedy in fundamentally different ways. Key Takeaways A June 22 shooting outside a downtown Montreal hotel left one officer and one civilian dead; the gunman was also killed by police. The shooter, identified as 25-year-old Seth Scott Hatfield of Lethbridge, Alberta, used an SKS chambered in 7.62x39mm. Officer Mohammed Lamine Benardoni, 34, on the force since 2021, was killed in the response. Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for stricter gun control less than 24 hours…