Shooting in Dawson College in Montreal: Kimveer Gill

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On September 13, 2006, Kimveer Gill woke up and was determined to go from a nobody to a somebody and fast. Dressed in all black, he entered Dawson College in Montreal and starting shooting. He dealt with some psychological issues, that contributed to his violent tendencies. Also, from an anthropological standpoint, Gill had unrestricted access to the media, which exposed him to a dangerous community of people. Finally, as a young adult, Gill had many sociological challenges. Kimveer Gill committed acts of violence due to many factors that caused him to go on a rampage of depression and hate. First, there were psychological reasons why Kimveer Gill went on a shooting spree. Growing up, he was never successful with women. Consequently, he developed an unhealthy obsession with women. He began to visit strip clubs, engage in online sex, and pay for prostitutes. Gill was unable to connect with women in real life, so he becomes addicted to viewing explicit content and sees women as objects. He has a warped perception of women, leaving him with much hatred for them. Gill experienced a lack of purpose in his day-to-day life. Every morning he woke up, he had nowhere to be, no one to see, and nothing to do. He was left alone a lot, giving him so much time to dwell on all the things wrong in his life. He turned to drinking excessively, becoming mentally depressed, and had a gun. Not a good combination. After a hidden high school life, he was fed up with being the last person on everyone’s list and the one that everyone forgets. From being someone that lacked confidence his craving for attention started to really kick in. He did not care how he was going to get attention. He just wanted to be known. Overall he wasn’t one to stand out. He al... ... middle of paper ... ...cisions, but because of his lack of confidence and depression he failed at everything he tried. He felt rejected from everyone by that point. He had very few friends growing up in high school, and when the group of them got older, they moved on with their lives. His friends drifted from him, leaving him to feel alone. He turned to a bad side of finding friends, which were online connections. In reality, Gill was literally alone. He had no one to verbally talk to that could understand him. Males cause most violent crimes, and Gill happened to be male. Not a shocking thing when it came to the history of criminals. Kimveer Gill lived at home with his ill parents. His mother was dealing with lung cancer and his father recovering from a heart attack. Because of this, Gill found it very easy to hide things from them and they never suspected anything wrong with their son.

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