Canada’s vaunted gun control regime—boasting a handgun purchase freeze, assault weapon bans, and some of the world’s strictest licensing—crumbled spectacularly this week when a shooter unleashed hell at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. Despite Ottawa’s relentless crusade to disarm law-abiding citizens, this tragedy proves once again that criminals don’t RSVP to bureaucratic red tape. The incident, unfolding in a remote British Columbia town, saw the perpetrator bypass every common-sense measure Trudeau’s government has jammed down Canadians’ throats, turning a place meant for learning into a crime scene. It’s a stark reminder that evil doesn’t fill out paperwork or wait for background checks.

Digging deeper, this isn’t an isolated blunder; it’s a pattern etched in blood across the Great White North. From the 2020 Nova Scotia rampage—where the killer used legally obtained firearms amid lax enforcement—to École Polytechnique in ’89, Canada’s controls have failed spectacularly while compliance rates hover around 20-30% for recent bans. The Tumbler Ridge horror underscores a brutal truth: disarming the good guys leaves schools as soft targets for the bad. Handgun freezes? Useless when black-market smuggling from the U.S. floods the streets. Assault bans? Laughable against determined killers who improvise. For the 2A community south of the border, this is Exhibit A in the case against incrementalism—every freeze or buyback erodes self-defense without denting crime.

The implications scream across the border: as American gun-grabbers parrot Canadian success, Tumbler Ridge exposes the scam. It bolsters the Founders’ wisdom in the Second Amendment, affirming that an armed populace, not wishful regulations, deters tyranny and tragedy. 2A advocates should amplify this—share the story, mock the failures, and rally for vigilance. If Canada’s iron-fisted model can’t protect kids, why bet America’s future on it? Stay strapped, stay sovereign.