r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Apr 02 '23

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

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u/sinep_snatas Apr 07 '23

Newby question about the gun ban.

I was at the gun store the other day looking at various rifles and checked out this gun that was chambered in 9mm and looked like an 'assault rifle' (whatever that is). It had a synthetic stock, aluminum hard guard / rail thingy, box style magazine, etc. The guy told me that "AR pattern" guns had been banned, but not this one.

Presumably (and I might be getting this wrong), the feds banned the AR style guns because they look like an assault rifle... which seems insane... to ban a look, and it's more easy to commit crime... ?

The question that I have is; in terms of committing crime, the gun I held can shoot just as fast as any other semi-auto (as fast as you can pull the trigger). It does just as good a job at committing crime as any other semi-automatic gun. This all seems stupid to me, but I would like to hear their rational. Why did they do this? It seems like some semi-automatic rifles were banned that use the same cartridge and operate identically to ones that haven't been banned. How do they justify this? I know this will bring out the "ahh, because they're idiots" responses, but I'm really interested in knowing if there's a logical explanation for all of this. What am I missing?

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u/Neontiger456 Apr 08 '23 edited Apr 08 '23

Simple, they're using the general public's ignorance to ban guns piece by piece. First fully automatic guns were banned, that didn't stop shootings. Now they banned "scary" looking guns (there's no such thing as an "assault" rifle btw), and this too won't stop shootings. Then they banned handguns, still won't stop shootings. So obviously the next step is to ban most semi automatic guns (bill c-21) and that too will not stop shootings. Eventually they will come for every gun and that too will not stop shootings because criminals will always find a way. However we'll all be left defenseless, unarmed, and at the mercy of the government. So unless something changes it ain't looking pretty.

In an ideal world the government would admit that there is no way to stop all shootings and that millions of legal gun owners shouldn't be punished for the actions of a few criminals, but I'm not holding my hopes up for that.

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u/Jayou540 Apr 08 '23

“we'll all be left defenseless, unarmed, and at the mercy of the government” Are you implying that owning guns prevents you from being “at mercy of the government”?

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u/Neontiger456 Apr 08 '23

Yes.

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u/Jayou540 Apr 08 '23

Who enforces government tyranny in your eyes?

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u/Beretta_errata removeddit pro Apr 08 '23

Anyone with power can be a tyrant.
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