Gun-control group fears federal Liberals have ‘abandoned’ efforts on assault-style firearms
Gun-control group fears Liberals have 'abandoned' efforts on assault-style firearms
I don’t think the Liberals need to re-visit the gun laws.
They are pretty good and it’s political suicide.
The already strict gun laws in Canada are effective at preventing the wrong people from getting access to firearms on the legal and regulated market. There are significant legal hoops that you must jump through to get licensed and further regulations and controls you must comply with to legally own a firearm in this country.
Those who can't or don't want to comply with these regulations have to pay a significantly marked up price for a firearm that was smuggled in from the US completely independently from the legal market. The vast majority of the people you hear about getting into shootouts in the major cities got their firearm through that black market. They are not affected by gun bans. They de facto already own their firearms illegally and trying to make firearms more illegal won't change anything for them.
The authorities have dismantled firearms smuggling networks over and over again and there is no reason to believe it will stop anytime soon because as long as there is a demand on the streets for those guns, someone will make money supplying them. We share the longest undefended border with a country where it is easy for just about anyone to buy a firearm and it in unreasonable to think we will be able to stop the smuggling by border enforcement alone.
The only gun problem Canada has is America's gun problem. It also has a street gang violence problem that fuels the demand for the influx of illegal firearms. The latter should be the main focus of a government that actually cares about reducing gun violence in the country, and not just virtue signaling for votes, like the liberals have been doing for the last two decades when it come to gun regulation. Mind you, the conservative's go-to solution of just increasing jail sentences for everything isn't really that effective either.
Canada firearm homicides: 0.6/100,000 (2016)
Canada vehicular fatalities: 5.0/100,000 (2022)
You can absolutely care about multiple things, but there's an order of magnitude difference in these two things.
I'm pleasantly surprised this is the main type of response in this thread.
It really, really isn't our biggest problem right now, and the kind of laws they do put in about it are ridiculous showboating.
The LPC feels so ineffectual right now. It's disheartening. Our political and next election situation seems pretty similar to the one south of the border except that our election isn't for another year
They are the conservative (little c) party. They're not interested in changing who actually owns things, and are willing to make a few pro forma social justice nods to keep the urban proles happy, but not actually take real systemic action.
Seriously? Gen Z isn't even dreaming of buying a house and we're talking about this non issue? Gun violence in Canada is only a symptom.
It won’t matter. The liberals will be out in the next election. Just a matter of who wins and if it’s a majority or not.
But tougher gun laws in Canada are a nothing argument. From the gun fatalities every year I’d love a real report on how many are by licensed gun owners storing their equipment per regulations. Maybe one or two shooters across a country of almost 43 million? Laughable excuse for regulations. Crack down on illegal firearms instead.
Anyone in a vehicle or residence with illegal firearms in them gets the exact same penalty (jail for Canadians and deportation for everyone if not) if they need to use nonwithstanding to beat bleeding heart lawyers so be it.
Liberals breaking a promise that wasn't rooted in a sincere vision of what this country should look like, and instead was made to secure votes from a specific demographic group :shocked pikachu:
boosted it in mastodon and sharing this post on facebook . i think this needs attention. there was 2 instances of gun violence in my building in the last few months. 1 resulted in serious injuries. a death outside my complex from bludgeoning .
Did they involve assault style rifles?
Wrong question. You should be asking if it involved someone with a firearms license. The type of firearm used is irrelevant, despite what the Liberals would like us to believe.
the injury incident , a shot to the groin, was due to a glock style handgun. to me they are the same as assault style rifles. the 2 nd incident, a homicide aas bludgeoning by what appeared to be an assault rifle. cant xomment on much more as these acases are vefore the King's Bench.
The thing is that the vast majority of those who commit gun violence in the cities already own their firearms illegally and got them from a supply chain that is completely independent from the legal and heavily regulated market in the country.
Even though Trudeau's gun ban isn't fully implemented yet, the sale of those firearms has been banned for years now so they are already practically banned. And clearly that ban didn't stop the violence from happening in your building.
To me, that is a very weak excuse. this is canada. we don't have "gun rights". that is a privilege just like having a pilot's licence. that is not a licence to go on social media and blather about rights for "law abiding gun owners". that is simply a veiled threat to those of us who dont own guns or may have a different skin tone or religious or gender affiliation.
secondly, when i see a vehicle with f*trudeau stickers and "2a rights" near my place when a firearms related incident happens, i am the good citizen who writes down the plate and description of the vehicle then reports to the authorities. there are DEI people in my building.
And i find its the same sore loser whiney crybababy conservatives who decry the presence of a kirpan (ceremonial knife) on a Sikh. hypocracy in the face of the deputy Consrvative party leader. I would vote for Tim S Uppal if i was in his riding.
This didn't start with Trudeau the younger. This was Hard work by Allen Rock and the Rt Hon Jean Chretien. If you dont like it , say it to Mr Chretien's face and see if he doesnt give you the Shawinnigan handshake lol!
And if you still dont like it,: i hear there are no gun laws nor even any carbon tax in Haiti. you can go there while a few Haitiens are waiting at Roxham Rd that would replace you in a heartbeat and be happy to live under Canada's gun laws and grateful to pay carbon tax.
ROFL! the lame arguments some of you bring up
a death outside my complex from bludgeoning .
So, ban blunt objects?
"Assault rifles" are already restricted for legal owners. Crack down on illegal firearms – you know, the actual source of guns used in most of these crimes.
No no. Decriminalize all crimes, ban access to things for law-abiding citizens.
lame argument. you are misinformed by the Rod of Iron christian ministries