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Damn. I really thought Carney would scrap this horrible gun buyback program citing sensible economic policy.
This could be such an easy win. All the data shows that law abiding gun owners aren’t the problem. Stop the flow of illegal weapons from the states. Educate people on guns and encourage people to get their PALs should be the approach. I’m a gun dude and would even support stricter gun training if it helps weed out the crazies.
Really weird hill to die on.
Doubling down on this when we our sovereignty is threatented is just straight bonkers. You bet PP will make this a main talking point and it could really snowball.
I’m generally liberal but I’ve never really felt the need for increased gun controls or bans.
I’m okay with most of our gun policies – fully automatic weapons and handgun bans make sense to me.
But I don’t think legal gun owners in Canada are enough of a problem to really worry about.
We also have strict laws about storing and transporting guns. I would be all for better gun training, but frankly everyone I’ve met who was into guns was also VERY into gun safety. Gun owners seem like they care a lot about not getting their guns banned, and behave accordingly.
How did you get all that from the article? It was very short, am I missing something?
The only thing I read there is “person is running for this riding with this party”.
What else does she bring to the table other than gun activism? That’s clearly what she’s there to push
She won the nomination vote at her local EDA? That’s all that becoming a candidate means.
Technically, she should be representing the needs of her riding. Kind of sad when a politician only runs on one issue, I hope that is not the case and that ridding gets a good representative.
You comment is very confusing. I understand not supporting the gun restrictions introduced in the last 5 years, but why would you oppose the buyback program? If the government makes a citizen’s property illegal to own, they should compensate the citizen.
All the data shows that law abiding gun owners aren’t much of the problem.
FTFY. Also, the issue (generally) isn’t gun owners, it’s their guns that get stolen, misused, etc.
Doubling down on this when we our sovereignty is threatented is just straight bonkers.
Irrelevant and nonsensical. Individual gun owners have no impact on preserving our sovereignty. Modern militaries are on a different level than “A well regulated Militia” or whatever other 2A BS this is.
Because it’s a waste of money. My taxes will have to pay for this.
No one is using legally attained weapons to kill people. Spend the money on stopping guns coming across the border instead, and on better gun training programs. IMO it’s actually too easy to obtain a PAL and that should be made more strenuous.
They plan on shipping the bought back guns to Ukraine which is also super embarassing. That would be a logistical nightmare. There’s a reason why armies use a standardized rifle/ammo haha. What is Ukraine going to do with my now illegal semi auto .22?
Restricting weapons just props up the illegal market on them.
No one is using legally attained weapons to kill people.
The problem is, they are using legally attained weapons to kill people.
And every time they do, the news makes sure that it is described, and politicians use it as an argument for more restrict control and weird rules.
They do that because it is easy, and it does not alienate their base and lobbyists. It does not mean it will solve the problem in the long term.
Not so long ago, they banned a tamagotchi because thieves were using 15K USD devices to unlock cars.
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t the last time a legal weapon killed people was the 1989 montreal one?
Montreal was a big one. I think the last big mass shootings were all smuggled from the USA, or stolen from the police (Nova Scotia 2020).
I meant murder with guns in general. It feels like there is always a pundit saying the weapon being black, or having a handgun handle increases lethality… and red makes it faster, more dakka. It feels it is more for economic reasons (block competition) than to solve any real problem.
There is this one in 2022, it is not as big, but the guy killed multiple people with legal handguns. https://siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=2360
Modern militaries are on a different level than “A well regulated Militia” or whatever other 2A BS this is.
Uh… Afghanistan would like to object?
And switzerland but I guess they all have military training.
The training is what we need to promote, for sure.
I don’t have a firm enough position on gun control to want it costing us money right now.
I would actually support mandatory basic training. As long as they don’t make me cut my hair. Lol
Ditto on both points. I’m genuinely struggling with the prospect of having to shorten my beard if I joined the reserves. I’ve been working for years to train/develop it into a distinctive style and I’m not even there yet.
My hair is almost down to my ass and I wouldn’t cut it for any reason lol
And are armed!!
Do you prefer the Switzerland bureaucracy than ours?
Also, not sure how that helped them with…
/Check notes on the Switzerland wars./
Afghanistan war.
Well more like nobody dares attack switzerland because it would be impossible. Everyone has a bunker and an assault rifle and they know how to use it.
They are also very friendly with everyone, try to stay neutral, and more important, hold the key to a lot of money.
But they did not achieve that just by giving people guns, they teach it in schools, hold shooting competitions, lots of bureaucracy, and you can be charged for improper use of your equipment. Their society is not as divided, and they also have good support for their citizens.
Looking around the world, the places that controlled gun violence well either banned or added more bureaucracy. But it appears that people prefer to go the Australian way.
If you’re talking about the Taliban, I’d argue they are a full-blown military which just wasn’t attached to an internationally recognized government for ~2 decades. They had professional soldiers and equipment which would way out-class even the most intense private militia in the US.
Sorry, I don’t follow, care to explain, please.
Wasn’t the equipment and training they got to resist many invasions over the century, always from external groups? As far as I know, Afghani gun laws are very restrictive and bureaucratic.
I was responding to the idea that militias with low-power guns only can’t resist a foreign military.
Not really sure where you read that statement, it was not what you quoted.
But I don’t know of a nation that allows civilians to buy the equipment Afghanis used to resist Russia or USA.
Not really sure where you read that statement, it was not what you quoted.
It is. It literally says “well regulated militia”.
But I don’t know of a nation that allows civilians to buy the equipment Afghanis used to resist Russia or USA.
Admittedly I don’t know what equipment they used, so can you give examples?
Yeah, just infantry, we are talking about rocket launchers, anti-tank grenade launchers(RPG famously), LMG, manpads. Then you have things you can mount on a truck, then you have vehicles itself…
You also have support from other countries and people, sharing resources, and intelligence. You do not resist USA or Russian with just a bunch of minutemen with walmart weapons. Even harder if they do not care for civilian lives.
You might have some success disrupting some logistics in the partisan life, but not without a considerable support from modern military and allies.
well regulated militia
I might be wrong, but that person’s argument seems to be about the individual owner’s paper on preserving our sovereignty, independent of the calibre size.
Modern militaries are on a different level than “A well regulated Militia” or whatever other 2A BS this is.
.22 will be useless and they start shelling us.
I feel like anyone LARPing or dreaming with military campaign would be better served by practicing with RC planes and drones, tanking cool pictures, breathtaking videos, or just doing cool aerial tricks.
I’m an experienced drone pilot and that’s how I would plan to contribute.
The Canadian Rangers use tikka t3x rifles which we can still legally buy. In the event of war you probably want something that can fire 7.62 NATO as that will be the ammo which is distributed.
Canada is mostly wilderness. A bolt action rifle still has a place in your pack. It is reliable and simple. Lightweight.
My 80yo father-in-law has some drones, he will be more useful than me, I should probably save for a good one and start practicing.
Found some tikka t3x on the used listing here, I was trying to find their brochure to see which model they recommend for conversion to 7.62, I imagine a .308 Win would work.
Training is what we need to promote - and broader training than just weapons usage and safety.
I don’t have a firm enough position on gun control to want it costing us money right now, but that mainly opens me up to accepting whatever position is most politically expedient. I’ll take bad gun control laws over a PP government every time, and I think you might have a sheltered view on what position is most popular.
Maybe. I’m on Vancouver Island where shooting is very ingrained in the culture. Our guns are tools more than weapons.
I think majority of city people have a sheltered view of guns and that’s why this garbage ass policy ever even seen the light of day. The libs who made the policy obviously have zero understanding of the “gun problem”. This policy has seemingly no effect on gun violence.
And he is not going to win over any rural people with this. Damn. I was hoping he is handling this a bit smarter.
I convinced my redneck cousin to vote for Carney until he saw this headline. For the simpler folk the gun policies are their biggest issue.
I am hearing some people starting to talk about Carney in a positive way here in Alberta. We are rural and lots of farmers. This is not going to fly. It’ll be over with them before he even gets going. Such a shame.
Just because she’s running for the liberals doesn’t mean that Carney (or anyone else) shares her position on gun control. They have to field candidates in every riding. There will always be some who don’t agree with every stance a leader takes.