MapleEngineer @ MapleEngineer @lemmy.ca

25 years in the federal government in guns and badges, 22 of those in Corre

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Trappers and other wilderness types can apply for a license to carry them for self defence from predators while in the wild from what I recall, but you need to actually get the license not just decide to tote it around, which is very much how it should be.

Not just any wilderness type.

You must also:

• be a licensed professional trapper or
• need protection from wild animals while working at your lawful occupation, most often in a remote wilderness location

It does make one wonder why, when the police lay out the range of firearms that a bunch of Gravy Seal terrorists bring to the beginning of their war against the government, it is never a table of Smith and Wesson oak stocked hunting rifles. It's because they watch too many movies made in the US and play too many shoot-em-up video games and want to play soldier. THAT is the reason that this type of firearm is being banned. It's not because of how they look but because of the type of people who want to own them and why they want to own them. I have absolutely zero concern that the government is ever going to come for my guns because I didn't buy them to feed into my part of the collective murder fantasies of the anti-government nutjobs.

I have always found this to be a funny argument.

"You have two guns that are of the same caliber, fire the same cartridge, have the same rate of fire, and the same killing power but one is non-restricted few one is prohibited. I should be able to own the prohibited one."

Why? You can get the exact same function from the non-restricted one. The only difference between the two is how they look.

I, a 40 year legal gun owner, believe that it is because of how people think the restricted firearm makes them look and how they think it makes other people feel about them.

How about this. This is an idea that I've proposed to people many times. You can keep those firearms but every part of the firearm, everything that goes into or onto the firearm, everything associated with the firearm has to be hot pink. Possessing a firearm or anything associated with a firearm that is supposed to be hot pink but isn't means you instantly and permanently lose the privilege of owning forearms in Canada. Selling or repairing any firearm or anything associated with a firearm that is supposed to be hot pink means you instantly and permanently lose you license to sell or repair firearms in Canada. Allowing any firearm or anything associated with a firearm that is supposed to be hot pink but isn't onto your range means that you instantly and permanently lose you licence to operate a range in Canada.

The only difference between the firearm now and in my proposal is the colour.

I don't give the first fuck what color the gun is that I'm shooting at the range. I'm prefectly happy to shoot a hot pink or neon green or day glow orange gun.

The First Nations have heard a lot of empty promises from a lot of vote grubbing politicians. They want plans, not promises, and Poilievre has no plans. His grievance politics and obviously impossible promises play well to the gullible mouth breather crowd but people with actual grievances see right through him.

I'm still touching grass. I'm touching so much grass that it clogged up my trimmer.

My son, whose report card I just got and found out that he made honour role, just came out to find me to show me a beautiful French rolling pin he made on the lathe. I just had to add string to my trimmer so I thought I would check in on how your rage is going. I see it's still going strong.

I hope that one day you can find real happiness like I have.

I will sleep very well after I have a shower to wash off all the grass I've been touching all day.

I really am sorry that you're so angry and miserable.

You're projecting. I've been checking in with you between whipper snipping around my wife's gardens. I've spent the entire day outside in the sun under a clear blue sky and now I'm watching YouTube videos and having a cold drink.

You really are a sad, angry, pathetic person. I hope you eventually find happiness.

That's what it takes to make you happy? Thinking that you've hurt someone? That is a truly sad existance.

I hope you some day find a way to be happy.

That's good. I hope you have a good day.

I hope you find a way to be happy.

I'm sorry that you're so angry. I really feel sorry for you. I wish you were happy.

So much anger. It must really eat you up inside. I'm sorry that you're like this. It's got to be very stressful.

Like the mega corporations that have children cleaning equipment at night in abattoirs?

You seem really dedicated to being miserable. That really sucks for you.

It's got to be stressful to be so cynical. I'm sorry.

I started working full time during the summer the year I turned 13. I was working for my family's company and my safety was always the most important thing.

In the current environment of the exploration of workers I feel that it is unacceptable for children to work for any company other than a family company or a small company that will not exploit them and that will protect them.

Yup.

I did delete them. They were marked with the garbage can but didn't delete so I edited them to say they were deleted.