In general we have to be very attentive to the fact that hunting rifles and shotguns in the wrong hands are as lethal or more lethal than the handguns that seem to be attracting all of the attention lately.

It would be like a shooting outside Macy's. It was so public, most of the victims were bystanders and that of course makes people much more fearful than with other forms of crime. It's not to minimize the importance, but it's not that common.

I'm just so exhausted that it's hard to be jubilant.

And that has significant implications for the unfolding of all this.

Our biggest fear is because of the power of the gun lobby in Canada, we are going to see gun control dismantled.

After a while, they had to have the police come in with rifles, because they were trying to get in the hotel.