r/canadaguns • u/rastamasta45 • Mar 18 '26

News / Politics / Activism ‘Congratulations for shooting this guy’: Premier lauds Vaughan resident who shot intruder

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/york/article/congratulations-for-shooting-this-guy-premier-lauds-vaughan-resident-who-shot-intruder/
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u/Cager_CA Mar 18 '26

Time to legislate protections for gun owners Dougie.

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u/uberduck999 N/R Whisperer Mar 19 '26

The Firearms Act and the Criminal Code are pieces of federal legislation. All firearms laws fall under the Federal government.

Individual provinces cannot override that, unfortunately, unless we completely change the way our judiciary functions. But i think it might be about time for that.

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u/Cager_CA Mar 19 '26

Look into what Saskatchewan is doing first 

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u/mischling2543 Mar 19 '26

And that's what sgould happen. The only way to permanently put Alberta separatism to bed is to drastically increase provincial autonomy over things like this, along with immigration and such.