Media continues to lie.

[u/Florida_Man42069]

After the shooting at the Toronto festival, multiple media outlets have reported that the Toronto Police Chief has called for “gun control” and “tougher gun laws” in response to what happened.

However, the reports are highly misleading and inaccurate.

He actually called for tougher sentencing for those who commit firearms offences, especially in crowds.

He said: “We need some reforms that address that and recognize that if you pull out a gun in a public space, in a public square or the Eaton Centre or any other public gathering and fire it indiscriminately, that should be treated with the utmost seriousness in the law.”

This is just one of many examples that prove how biased the media is. Everyone knows that “gun control” refers to laws restricting the acquisition, transfer and possession of firearms, not tougher sentences for things that are already illegal, everywhere.

Make no mistake, the media is not on our side.

[u/Acceptable_Visit_115]

Didn't the TPS (and many other police agencies, for that matter) explicitly state that legal, law-abiding gun owners were never the problem, and the "legal reforms" they were asking for are tougher penalties against criminals and bail reform?

[u/yummybunnybear → u/[deleted]]

Even Olivia Chow was nodding when the Chief said that (not saying I trust her, but optics-wise she did agree to what was being said). This news reporting is infuriating.

[u/Reelair → u/Acceptable_Visit_115]

Yes, I've been following this shooting closely. Both progressive mayor, Chow, and the police chief are specifically calling out illegal, American guns.

I'm hoping this starts tipping the scales towards logic based gun control.

[u/Hopeful_Relation_441 → u/Reelair]

perhaps... carney is chipping away at the cons by appointing them as senators ... hopefully he will have to listen to the minister of gophers less

[u/Florida_Man42069 → u/Acceptable_Visit_115]

Yes they did, yet the media is reporting the exact opposite.

[u/commutinator → u/Florida_Man42069]

How do we go about forcing them to print a retraction?

[u/Lumindan → u/commutinator]

There's a correction button you can hit to report it to them but it's clear they posted this with an agenda in mind

[u/SecureNarwhal → u/Acceptable_Visit_115]

Stats Canada has also suddenly been making reports saying legal guns are being used commonly in crimes (all their reports previously have shown that illegal guns are used predominantly in crimes).

There's some big narrative twist happening here.

[u/Lumindan → u/SecureNarwhal]

Stats Canada has also suddenly been making reports saying legal guns are being used commonly in crimes

Was it stats can? I thought it was an rcmp report that excluded Ontario and Quebec (and global ran hard with it)

[u/Acceptable_Visit_115 → u/Lumindan]

Yeah it was a RCMP report for their own jurisdictions, which excludes ON/QC as they have their own provincial police.

...which in turn excludes most of the illegal handguns that are in Toronto and such.

[u/SecureNarwhal → u/Lumindan]

oh maybe, I never bookmarked the page but i recall the RCMP report then followed by something from stats can.. but it's the weekend and i don't feel like looking it up 😅

[u/CenturionV → u/SecureNarwhal]

They know those government lawyers need something to take to the Supreme Court case so they are manufacturing "evidence"

[u/gnu_gai → u/SecureNarwhal]

Or it could be that this reporting period is an outlier in which more legally purchased guns were used. They're still reporting that 80% of people charged with firearm homicide did not have the required liscence for their weapon, for example