r/canadaguns • u/Business_Working_703 • Jun 22 '26

News / Politics / Activism Sks in shooting

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I hope it doesn't lead to an sks ban

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u/Dependent_Border7961 Jun 23 '26

Why does it always need to be the federal government? Why can't Quebec just have it's own gun laws? Why do they have to make the rest of us suffer their shitty regulations?

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u/DoYouGetSarcasm Jun 23 '26

That's a legit question. I'm under the impression the real answer is that the power to regulate things starts all with the feds. Then they offload some of the power to the province (who then offload some to municipalities). The feds haven't offloaded the ability to regulate guns to the province, so for the most part they can't.

I'm glad they hadn't though. You'd get a patchwork of laws. Some provinces would pretty much outlaw guns,. Then qc and bc would still scream that the laws in other provinces are too lenient, guns are coming in from other provinces and ask the feds to act. It would act as a divide and conquer technique.

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u/NoFucksGiven0011 27d ago

Patchwork laws might be better than the current laws though

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u/Dependent_Border7961 Jun 23 '26

You're half right. Firearm regulations begin at the Federal Level, however (if I recall correctly) Provinces can add additional regulations to Firearms such as additional Licensing Requirements. So I don't think it would be a stretch for Quebec to Prohibit civilians in large cities from Possessing Firearms. I don't understand why they feel entitled to impose their beliefs on the rest of the Provinces.