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/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!?