r/canadaguns • u/PhantomNomad al • Jun 09 '26

Misc Found the RCMP firearms licensing place

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Found where our licenses are processed. Right next door to the dollararma.

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u/terrorxtattoos Jun 09 '26

As an American I check into this subreddit once in a while and feel really bad for you guys man hold strong man the 2A should be for all even my Canadian brothers

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u/snasna102 Jun 09 '26

I’m okay with guns being a privilege over a right up here, it keeps the guns out of the hands that shouldn’t have them; my problem is they go after the responsible owners and run on the advantage our public doesn’t know much about guns so all they know is “AR bad”

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u/xXxDarkSasuke1999xXx Jun 09 '26

I’m okay with guns being a privilege over a right up here, it keeps the guns out of the hands that shouldn’t have them

I understand rationally this is the most sensible approach. I like the fact that the guy next to me at the range has undergone some screening and a safety course.

But I have become totally sympathetic to the American maximalist position ("shall not be infringed"). They can see what happened in the UK, and NZ, and Australia, and here. There is no social contract to be had with anti-gun people. There is no "compromise"; every measure, including licensing, is just an incremental step toward their actual goal of total prohibition.

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u/SlowDebate3165 Jun 09 '26

Unfortunately, that’s a direct consequence of it not being treated as a right.

You can’t have it both ways. As long as something isn’t recognized as a right, someone will always have an easier time taking it away from you.

At this, it’s just a matter of time until most of it is gone, with only narrow carve-outs left for rural landowners and privileged exceptions (indigenous).

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u/ADrunkMexican Jun 09 '26

People in BC got lucky and almost found out the hard way lol