Email Shows Lucki Initially Against Naming Firearms Used in NS Mass Shooting

Email Shows Lucki Initially Against Naming Firearms Used in NS Mass Shooting
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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HALIFAX—RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki initially recommended the federal government not share information on the types of guns used in the Nova Scotia mass shooting — a stance she apparently shifted a few days later.

Emails released today by a public inquiry indicate Lucki wrote to then−public safety minister Bill Blair’s chief of staff and deputy minister on April 23, 2020, four days after the gunman killed 22 people using multiple firearms.