r/canadaguns • u/Low_Bar_804 • Apr 19 '26

News / Politics / Activism Owning guns- Right or Privilege?

So obviously here in Canada our government sees private firearm ownership as a privilege rather than a right. My question is, how you guys feel? Do you think gun ownership is a right or a privilege?

When you look at other things people view as rights, such as abortion, freedom of expression and freedom of religion etc. These are all viewed by most as inherently “good rights”, but in many countries these rights are restricted. I think, along with many others, that it is justified to ignore unjust laws that restrict human rights.

I personally believe that firearm ownership is a fundamental human right because it protects all of our other rights and freedoms from being taken away. So even though legally speaking firearm ownership is a privilege that can be taken away at any time here in Canada, I don’t agree with the way our country and many others treat firearm ownership.

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 Apr 19 '26

100%, this is fundamentally everything that is wrong with this country. Rights are absolute, not suggestions.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Apr 19 '26

Bruh. Rights are never absolutes. A right is just what the presiding government thinks you should have. This is the same everywhere.

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u/1955FL Apr 19 '26

So your opinion is that a person born in North Korea should not be entitled to the same rights as you because of where they happen to live? 

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Apr 19 '26

No. My position is that a person in North Korea does not have the same rights that i do. They should but they don't.

Because rights are not absolute. Human rights exist internationally but at the end of the day rights are whatever your government is willing to give you and whatever the people are willing to fight for.

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Apr 19 '26

Government nevet gives you are rights. You are confusing rights with privilages.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Apr 19 '26

I'm not. If a government can strip you of your rights then you have rights because the government says so.

If a right can be stripped then is it even a right?

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Apr 19 '26

Lol Thats a twisted-ass logic, if you ask me.

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u/InitialAd4125 Apr 19 '26

No it makes some sense if you don't believe in the concept of rights which I get but at the same time don't. Like I guess it's how someone defines what a right is.

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Apr 19 '26

It's called infringement on your right(s). You are just naive to see that many governments, including Canadian, do not want to protect people's rights but because of that rights dont seize to exist.

I hope I've given you a lot to think about and you need time to process it.

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u/InitialAd4125 Apr 19 '26

"You are just naive to see that many governments, including Canadian, do not want to protect people's rights but because of that rights dont seize to exist."

It's more like rights are just concepts that we have come up with via the mind of humans they are not physical they only exist because we believe they do. Now if that is enough grounds for something to exist then they exist if not then they don't.

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u/ThrowRA_That_Owl_25 Apr 19 '26

We are not talking about the concept of rights. Before you barged on this conversation we were talking about the 2nd ammendment right. Yes, it is a concept that a small bunch of people representing a big bunch of people stood behind and became part of US constitution.

The other guy tried unsuccessfully to convince me that the 2nd amendment is not a right. Ok. What is your point? Could you make it clear!?

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