r/canadaguns • u/Callie7680 • Apr 19 '26

News / Politics / Activism Genuinely curious on liberal views of gun laws

Hello all. Looking for a debate on the other side of all of the gun laws / bans from a liberal point of view. How does it ACTUALLY make sense to liberals with the current laws. C21 was passed with hopes of lowering crime? How is that going? The OIC. How has the crime rate gone since? How are these “liberal experts” in power thinking this is actually going to make a difference? Canada could 100% ban every single firearm and gun crime would not go down 1 bit. I don’t really know any liberals to talk about it with I’d actually like to hear their side on it. I’m clearly not an expert on any of this but it just seems so ridiculous

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u/TheSaSQuatCh Apr 19 '26

My point here is dialectic has long left the chat. These positions aren’t born out of logic - they’re born out of faith. The religion of hyper-progressive Liberalism calls for the disarmament of individuals and for the government to have a monopoly on violence. A monopoly on everything - govern me harder, daddy.

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u/SirKickBan Apr 19 '26

You have to see the irony, though, in holding that position yourself? Like.. You believing that about your political enemies makes debate exactly as impossible as you imagine their positions make it.

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u/TheSaSQuatCh Apr 19 '26

I believe what has been proven to me again and again, through several conversations, and through policy making. There is no arguing with ideologues.

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u/SirKickBan Apr 19 '26

I suppose my point is that they'd probably say the exact same thing about you, right?

And at that point we're all kinda fucked.

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u/Canadian-Footy-Fan Apr 20 '26

You nailed it. One side doing exactly what they accuse the other side of doing and eliminating all possibility of rational discussion. It really is ironic.