20 years ago on this day, a young man entered the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec and killed fourteen female students. Twenty-five year old Marc Lepine claimed in his suicide note to be motivated by the fact that he judged many of the women to be feminists. He also injured some men, but his target in this shooting was women, and specifically because they were women.
This is one of the reasons I would advocate for both stricter gun control laws, and education about women's rights and feminists. A killing spree such as this, where women were targeted merely for being women, is terrifying.
Please take a moment to remember these women, and if you can dedicate yourself to either of the causes, restricting gun use or educating about feminism, please do.
Read more about this incident here.
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