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[u/floydsmoot]

>Trudeau knew nothing about firearms

I think he did

Trudeau, who worked as a high school teacher before jumping into politics, said he once took a school group hiking across Greenland armed with a gun."It was one of the only times that I ever taught with a loaded 30-06 slung over my shoulder. You don't usually think of teaching with a heavy-duty rifle on your shoulder, but when you're in polar bear country, you have to be aware of that."

"I grew up with long guns, rifles and shotguns," explained the son of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

"Yes, the RCMP guarding me had handguns and I got to play with them every now and then," said Trudeau, quickly adding that the RCMP was "very responsible" around him and his siblings.

[u/Lumindan → u/floydsmoot]

So all that says is that he decided his party and photo ops are more valuable than his own beliefs. Whatever sounds good for a sound byte / presser.

And again, Trudeau knew nothing about the actual firearms laws in this country.

It just shows how hypocritical it all is.

He proudly used the assault style bs at press conferences.

I don't know why you'd give him the free pass when he's a core reason why firearms ownership is dying.

He ran the country into the ground, he destroyed so many livelihoods and our grand children's children will still feel the aftershocks of his weak government.

[u/floydsmoot → u/Lumindan]

who the fuck is giving him a free pass???

all I said is he knew about guns and might have been ambivalent about them but had to toe the party line which, is of course, hypocritical.

Is it a habit of yours to put words into peoples mouth?

[u/Lumindan → u/floydsmoot]

who the fuck is giving him a free pass??? all I said is he knew about guns and might have been ambivalent about them

By saying he was ambivalent and that it was the party line that supposedly changed his behavior. That's shifting the blame, we like to call that a free pass.

The party line is a free out when he was at the head of the ship, the leader helps dictate the party line.

Its got the same energy as the usual "Oh yeah he wasn't so bad, he was just following orders".

Please, let's be honest with each other here and not try to paint a pig and call it something else.

Its revisionist to try paint him as such when he is directly responsible for the pickle we're in.

Is it a habit of yours to put words into peoples mouth?

Nope. I'm just calling out your absolutely silly take.

Trudeau was never a friend to firearms. Just like a lot of people on this sub, they may own or have operated firearms but they're certainly not helping.

[u/floydsmoot → u/Lumindan]

jeez, who shit in your porridge? Why don't you try Googling how to get a life?

[u/Lumindan → u/floydsmoot]

jeez, who shit in your porridge? Why don't you try Googling how to get a life?

There it is. Personal attacks instead of responding to the point at hand.