r/canadaguns • u/soviet_toster • Mar 05 '26

Shitpost / Memes RCMP: As per our last email

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u/SierraRomeoJuliet Mar 06 '26

Research historical records of disarmed populations.

It never ends well.

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u/ninnnnnja Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

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

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u/Doog_Land Mar 06 '26

It had literally no effect on violent crime rates.

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u/ninnnnnja Mar 06 '26

That wasn't my point. All I'm saying is that "it never ends well", is not true.