r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/DoYouGetSarcasm Jun 25 '26

I feel like poly could have used this tragedy to show a win for gun control, to say "look, the bans are working, only 1 person killed by a gunman!". They could have said gun control is working because this guy didn't have a very capable gun/magazines. They could have highlighted how this evil gunman's terrible deeds killed as many people as the police's little oopsie that's getting swept under the rug.

But it's poly, the act of pushing for more control is what sustains them. There's never enough, there's no end point, just more more more.

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u/kookiemaster Jun 25 '26

I think the only acceptable scenario for them is that no guns whatsoever can be privately owned, regardless of the model, make, intended use, etc. Basically it is a crusade rather than a logical request for rules.

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u/Beneficial-Ride-4475 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Correct, and if I am not mistaken all the reasonable individuals in Poly were kicked out because they weren't hardline enough no?

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u/Lumindan 28d ago

No one in Poly was ever reasonable.

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u/Beneficial-Ride-4475 28d ago

Maybe not, I'm just going off what I've heard.