Glorious and Free

I spent the morning watching the CBC and the horrible shootings in Ottawa, and after the initial shock wore off and it appeared that is was not as wide spread as first thought, just a sadness came over me. We , the US, Canada - NATO, who ever could if they wanted take over all of the middle east - just go full British Empire. But that could not stop something like today - nothing could. One lone gunman - one probably crazy Canadian shuts down a great deal of his county and puts freaking NORAD on high alert. In a system set up to defend against global nuclear war the lone wolf gunman slips through.
And now happy open Canada gets to bring in the metal detectors and concrete barriers - with no end in sight , ever.

 The young solider who was killed was 24 yo Nathan Cirillo  of Hamilton, Ontario, just right over the border from Buffalo. This photo was taken right before the shooting this morning. His regiment was on honorary duty there at their war memorial - just like at our tome of the unknown.
The nameless forgotten shooter was killed in the main hall of the Canadian Parliament.