December 6th: From the Montreal Massacre to Gun Control

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On December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine walked into the École Polytechnique on the Université de Montral, ordered the men out, and then began shooting on the remaining women with a semi-automatic rifle. He killed fourteen women and wounded thirteen more.The slaughter, motivated by his rage against feminists, shocked the world.

Heidi Rathjen was once a student in the building on the time, and for forty-five long minutes she listened to the shots as the killer roamed the building. In the hours and days that followed, as a member of the former student council, she played a leading role in dealing with the media, helping with the funerals, and in organizing the memorial event. She did not know then that her life had been changed.

Rather than continuing to grieve, she determined to do something to lend a hand prevent similar tragedies sooner or later. With the assistance of Wendy Cukier she organized the national Coalition for Gun Regulate. This book describes their fight to raise public awareness, gain public reinforce, and then force not just one, but two gun-Regulate bills through Parliament, against the workings of the million-dollar gun lobby. It was once an unusual campaign, and a political eye-opener for a young woman.

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