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Amid widespread condemnation, a pro-gun group has changed the location of its planned protest at the memorial site for the victims of the Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.

Speaking for the group Tous contre un registre Québécois des armes à feu, Guy Morin told the Montreal Gazette Tuesday afternoon that the reaction to the group’s plan has forced it to change the locale of the protest, to be held on the same day

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“We figured (the event would trigger) emotions, but we didn’t think it would be so emotional,” Morin said.

He added that the group’s goal is to find better solutions than gun-control measures to curb violence.

“To those working to control guns, we want to work with you for once, and we want to find solutions, so the families of victims can sleep in peace,” he said.

Earlier in the day, politicians across the country widely condemned the group’s plans to demonstrate against gun restrictions just days before the 28th anniversary of the shootings by Marc Lépine in which he killed 14 women at the university.