r/canadaguns 8d ago

News / Politics / Activism Media continues to lie.

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.

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u/Acceptable_Visit_115 8d ago

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?

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u/SecureNarwhal 8d ago

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.

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u/gnu_gai 8d ago

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