<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday's mass shooting at a high school in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/canada" rel="" target="_blank" title="Canada "><span>Canada</span></a><span> came as the federal government was overhauling the nation's </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/guns" rel="" target="_blank" title="gun control "><span>gun control</span></a><span> laws.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At least nine people were killed and a further 25 injured in the attack at Tumbler Ridge, in the Canadian Rockies more than 1000km north-east of Vancouver.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The suspect, later identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, was also discovered dead with a self-inflicted injury, officials said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/tumbler-ridge-shooting-multiple-people-dead-high-school-mass-shooting/17343a45-b3c8-4a65-ad71-7d4d4ee85fd6" rel="" target="_blank" title="Suspect identified as Canada reels from school mass shooting"><strong><span>Suspect identified as Canada reels from school mass shooting</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Over past months, the Canadian government has been rolling out new, tougher firearms laws, sparked by a shooting rampage in 2020 that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It prompted the government of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau to begin banning more than 2500 makes and models of assault-style guns.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They included the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle wielded by gunmen during mass shootings in the United States.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/tumbler-ridge-shooting-came-after-new-gun-control-laws-in-canada/79313adc-5c4e-421f-952f-97710cc7ccfa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Owners of the prohibited weapons will be compensated under a national gun buy-back scheme, similar to the one being implemented in Australia in the wake of last December's deadly </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bondi shooting"><span>Bondi shooting</span></a><span> in Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Impacted Canadian gun owners have until March 31 to hand in their weapons and receive compensation. After that deadline, they won't be compensated – but they'll still have to return their firearms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-gun-buyback-announced-anthony-albanese/5a5e4731-8785-4a9d-9f40-af0ce87a9625" rel="" target="_blank" title="Bondi terror attack spurs Australia's biggest gun buyback scheme since Port Arthur massacre"><strong><span>Bondi terror attack spurs Australia's biggest gun buyback scheme since Port Arthur massacre</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Canada actually has a fairly high rate of civilian gun ownership compared to other advanced democracies," Blake Brown, a professor at Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia and expert on Canadian gun control, told CNN.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The country has around 37.4 civilian firearms per 100 people, compared to 14.5 in Australia, according to a 2017 release from the Small Arms Survey.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Brown also says some gun owners have proven reluctant to participate in the government buyback scheme.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Part of the reason is lobbying by Canada's small but vocal gun lobby and opposition from the country's centre-right Conservative Party.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think many people might assume that Canada's a place without many guns or really strong gun laws," Brown said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And in fact, there are a fair number of guns and the gun laws – although they're good in some ways – there's still weaknesses that get exploited."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>