r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Aug 03 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Tommy_Kase Aug 04 '26

With the upcoming Supreme Court hearing, I hope at least the pistol sale freeze will be removed (is it even the same thing or is the hearing only for the infamous "assault style" weapon ban? I didn't follow for a while)

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u/Lumindan Aug 04 '26

Unfortunately the handgun stuff is locked in with c21 which was passed through the house.

If the scc ruling is in our favor, we'd potentially see ARs and everything that got name banned via oic back on the table (aka all the pccs).

Handguns would require an amendment in the house which won't happening anytime soon given the current government

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u/kookiemaster Aug 06 '26

It would still be progress, and kind of ironic, though poly would lose their minds if suddenly ARs became non-prohibited.

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u/fyfnw Aug 11 '26

You get what you accept. The firearms community can't just sit back and accept the handgun freeze. We have to keep chipping away at the government the same way they chip away at our community. If we keep the pressure up we can at least reclaim some territory until a less-brain-dead government gets into power and hopefully reverses it.