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Great White North
Canadian MPs armed up, barricaded doors during attack
2014-10-24
My headline; the AFP headline insults Mr. Harper.
Ottawa (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was shoved into a closet when a gunman stormed parliament, local newspapers said Friday. According to MPs cited anonymously by the daily Globe & Mail and others, Harper spent as much as 15 minutes in the tiny space off a meeting room where he and his Conservative caucus were meeting.

Just outside the room, a firefight was erupting in the main Hall of Honor between the gunman and security forces that ended in the assailant's death.

Harper initially sought to escape the room through a side door, but was urged to stay put.

"Someone knew there was a closet there, so they stuck him in there," a source told the Globe & Mail.
Fair enough, you try to protect your leader.
Others in the room reportedly thought he was gone.

Meanwhile, several Tory MPs began fashioning spears out of flagpoles to protect themselves.

"These guys were up there holding these spears ready to impale anyone who came in," the source said.

News images of the frantic scene also showed antique tables and green leather chairs stacked against the door as a barricade against the gunman.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Maybe the Canadians should of let the poor soldiers outside have bullets in their weapons?
Posted by: Airandee   2014-10-24 20:08  

#4  I was flying my plane into Canada 20 years ago and landed at Beaver Creek on the Alcan border in the Yukon Territory. Had a shotgun in the back for survival weapon. The customs officer was a scotsman chap. The first thing that he asked was whether I had any pistols in my plane. I mentioned that I just had a shotgun, and left my pistol in Fairbanks.

So he asks me then what the Canadian punishment was for armed robbery. I told him I didn't know. He said 10 years. Then he said if the crime was committed with a pistol they tack on another 2 years for pistol time.

So I told him that's why I didn't bring a pistol. He never went over to our plane, never checked the dog's health papers. Just gave us our passports back and away we went.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2014-10-24 20:01  

#3  Reads like everything was done right under the circumstances. Canada controls firearms tightly. Long guns are legal for hunting but pistols are restricted to law enforcement.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-10-24 19:33  

#2  Sounds like they did everything right.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-10-24 14:21  

#1  I am sure the heroic journalist would have rushed out into the firefight and disarmed the assailant before anyone got hurt.
Posted by: Bobby   2014-10-24 13:11  

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