As Quebec pays tribute to the 14 victims of the Polytechnique massacre, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) took to Twitter to promote its new online application to apply for a gun license before deleting his post.
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“If you are applying for a gun license for the first time, try the new online application,” the RCMP Twitter account said before noon Tuesday.
An hour before this news, the RCMP paid tribute to the 14 women killed at Polytechnique.
“33 years ago, 14 young women were brutally killed and 13 others injured at the École Polytechnique simply because they were women. name them Don’t forget her,” we can read in this other tweet.
Mixed edition
While several netizens bemoaned the lack of tact in this post when applying for gun licenses, others pointed out that the post may have been poorly timed by the team managing the social media. .
Shortly before 1:00 p.m., the post about applying for gun licenses was permanently removed from the RCMP account.