I go out for the morning and all hell breaks loose...

Hey everyone, just letting you know I'm good. I'm not really up on the situation right now since I literally just found out something is happening in Ottawa, so I'm going to see if I can connect with the family there to make sure they're fine. No doubt I'll have an opinion on it later but that will have to wait until I actually have information.

Take care and stay safe as always. 

Sounded like a shotgun and hell of a lot of pistols

I've been watching Peter Mansbridge's coverage on cbc.ca and they showed video from the gun battle that happened in the Hall of Honour in the Parliament Building. The video itself didn't show anything owing to the cameraman getting himself behind cover but it sounded like a big shotgun blast followed by a hail of pistol fire. It did not sound like an assault rifle, nor did it sound like anything was being used on full auto.

What does that mean? I don't know but twelve gauge shotguns are not difficult to get in Canada while assault weapons and handguns are. That would seem to indicate that this is possibly homegrown terror instead of something that has received material support from outside Canada. As to the question of what type of ideology this is, I don't know. It could be right wing extremists, ISIL sympathizers, radial environmentalists, or God knows what. All I know is this is shaping up to be a really shitty week in the True North, Strong and Free.

:(

The Rideau Centre shooting apparently didn't happen

Well some good news here. The concern over multiple gunmen stemmed from a report from an incident after the shooting inside the Hall of Honour. If that didn't happen then it looks like the gunman shot the soldier, made his way to the Parliament Buildings, and died there. If that's the case then its possible we may be looking at a lone wolf and maybe this is over.

I hope so but the damn thing about lone wolves is you never know where they are until they come out.

This is going to be a long day for a lot of people. :(

No people we are not invoking the War Measures Act.

There are people on cbc.ca saying we need to invoke the War Measures Act and suspend civil liberties. To them I would just say that those who would give up their liberty to gain security would gain neither and lose both.

And that's all I have to say for now. I've got to get back to work. If anyone has anything light hearted, fluffy or non-serious that you're afraid to show me because of the serious nature of today, please don't be. In fact, go ahead. I am calling in the airstrike of cuteness on my position.