Research historical records of disarmed populations.
It never ends well.
I dont need to read anything. I heard it first hand from my grandparents. They escaped eastern bloc soviet rule. They were all disarmed. All promised safety, all promised wealth equality. All promised better times. Then a within a few years the slaughters began. Many of their friends and family members were killed. Killed for being religious, killed for speaking against government, killed for demanding more rights and more food, etc. My grandparents admit they were the lucky ones, the ones that did escape with their lives.
They told all of us to never ever allow ourselves to be disarmed. Ever.
Not weighing in on the disarmed populace, but your last paragraph is a pet peeve of mine.
Tanks can be taken out by a Molotov cocktail or two, they're not the big scary thing people think they are, and are pretty useless in a place like Canada outside of the prairies.
Smaller drones can be (and have been frequently) taken out with shotguns, and large ones require support on the ground or at sea for refuelling and maintenance and can't be replaced nearly as fast, so (especially if we're talking a hypothetical tyrannical Canadian government) rifles could be instrumental in ruining that capability through ground assaults.
On top of all of this, in order to actually dominate a populace, a tyrannical government would have to rely on ground troops, and a GSG is better than nothing for fighting them.
This won't be popular here (I love my guns too), but that's not an accurate statement and I would hesitate to say that.
A very close and relatively recent example would be Australia's firearms reforms in 1996. Spoiler: it went fine.
Edit: because this doesn't seem clear to people here (which I expected). First, I'm NOT saying that the govt is doing the right thing and I'm NOT saying that we should do what Australia did. Second, my main point is simply that the govt CAN go through with this and it will not lead to some crazy uprising apocalyptic scenario. That's it
How is it not a violation of our rights? We lawfully acquired property, we didnt break any laws, yet the property is still be taken away from us? Its just another step at taking us away from our independence as individuals and its too bad there isn't larger protests. I agree, taking our guns away, probably won't lead to tyranny. But what the hell, it doesnt benefit public safety in any way, so why the hell are they putting so many resources into disarming us when we havent posed any threat? Of course that's going to harvest sentiment that maybe the government is planning something.
I’d characterize you as the type of person that calls the cops on children not wearing helmets while riding pedal bikes, yet can’t wait to virtue signal on your social media platform of choice. Never volunteered an hour in your community yet complain about the lack of community. Went no contact with your elderly parents due to them infringing on your mental health time (they asked you to help them move a piece of furniture.) Overall, a stain on the couch of humanity
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u/SierraRomeoJuliet Mar 06 '26
Research historical records of disarmed populations.
It never ends well.