The surprising thing I've found, is how many "liberals" (people who have voted liberal in the past, not necessarily staunch liberal supporters)... are going and getting their PAL etc now. They also have serious issues with the whole gun grab in general.
It's definitely had a different effect than they had originally anticipated.
Might be a bit of a pipe dream, but if enough liberals start seeing through this by getting their PAL and understanding the sport they’ve destroyed, perhaps somewhere down the line when Provost is long gone, there may be some hope that they become gun neutral at least. Maybe that Overton window will open up in the LPC in the future.
It definitely feels like the next election will be more conservative. Even the most recent one I feel like shifted a bit more conservative even if we didn't change parties. Which could be just coincidence, or a sign that in general what people want is changing. Maybe not fast, or all at once, but gradually changing none the less.
100%. I have no doubt that many moderate conservatives voted LPC and the firearms confiscation is a price to pay for Carney (really a red tory) as a preferred PM. It’s just really unfortunate that Carney is onside with the ideology of Provost rather than the data that shows gun control to this degree does not enhance public safety.
My area is so conservative, the last time elected an indipendant he was executed. So it's probably going to shift a bit more the other direction, but that's a bit of an outlier.
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u/IPSC_Canuck Apr 21 '26
This is exactly what the bans are hoping to achieve.
Removing firearms by attrition. Less shops to sell them, less coming in, less convenience for gun owners.
Friction.