"I understand the weight this day holds within the community," he said after posting a photo opposing a proposed amendment to gun-control legislation.
A day after his team defended a controversial Instagram post by Habs goalie Carey Price opposing a proposed amendment to federal gun control legislation, explaining that he did not know about the 1989 Polytechnique massacre that claimed the lives of 14 women, Price posted on Instagram on Tuesday that he was well aware of the mass murder.
“Despite a previous statement released, I did in fact know about the tragedy,” the post reads in an apparent reference to the statement a day earlier by Canadiens management. “I have been a member of the MTL community for 15 years and I understand the weight this day holds within the community.”
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Price, who on Saturday sparked a backlash with an Instagram post opposing the federal government’s proposed amendment to gun control legislation, wrote on Tuesday that “I stand by the opinions I’ve shared,” but added: “I acknowledge that amplifying any conversation around guns this week may have upset some of those impacted by the events here in 1989 and to them I apologize.”
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