r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Feb 06 '23

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '23

So paywalling handgun ownership exclusively to people who have thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to burn in an already niche aspect of gun ownership? How exactly is that going to revive handgun ownership in Canada?

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u/Prepresentation Feb 06 '23

That's not exactly what I meant. I meant more pushing the sport of handgun target shooting through the legitimacy of it being an Olympic sport. Kinda de-demonize them that way.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '23

Owning a handgun for the sake of owning one is a legitimate reason. Having to justify it through Olympics will only make things worse for everyone

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u/Prepresentation Feb 07 '23

Well man, what can I say. Why not shotgun blast reasons for ownership. "Just because" of course to me, is enough reason, but for sport is another, and we could toss self defense in there too. But you gotta win over the pearl clutchers in Toronto/Montreal. Sport rather than just because or self defense is probably your best bet. But they are all valid reasons.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '23

No I get you, but my point is the pearl clutchers in those cities are never gonna fuckin be persuaded on anything that involves self reliance. There's no point trying to convince them