r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Aug 31 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/thatregal Aug 31 '26

I’ve been in the same boat lately.
I’ll always own, maintain and care for firearms, but the state of the community in Canada has gotten pathetic.

Gun owners don’t even stick together, half reject the buy back program, half are willing to comply…

Left/Right wing politics are a constant topic…

Lack of range time and space… (mostly due to ranges having absurd prices and rules)

Uncertainty of whether you’re a criminal or not from absurd gun laws…

Scalping on the second hand market because of hype and rarity amongst some of the shittiest firearms on planet earth known to mankind…

I joined the community early 2018 when things were still pretty decent, it’s crazy how terrible things have become since then. I do not expect much from a country in self destruct mode though.

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u/WeightedDips95 Aug 31 '26

Why wouldn’t “left/right” politics be a theme here? Without getting bogged down in philosophical weeds, every party that is traditionally associated with the left is anti gun and conversely every right leaning party is pro-gun. 

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u/InitialAd4125 Sep 01 '26

Well every "left wing" party (they're barely leftwing I'm going to keep it real with you) that actually gets seats i.e that matter is anti gun because some fucker promised to change that and give other parties a chance but that never happened because electoral reform is a bridge to far but legal weed isn't.

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u/Beneficial-Ride-4475 Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

(they're barely leftwing I'm going to keep it real with you)

I mean, you and I both know that, but even more left/far-left parties still went slasher villain on guns and gun owners in most cases. With Yugoslavia being the exception that proves the rule.

i.e that matter is anti gun because some fucker promised to change that and give other parties a chance but that never happened because electoral reform is a bridge to far but legal weed isn't.

Yeah sure. But our center-left parties will always side with the urbanites, that's their bread and butter. When we see more pushes for gun control, but less controls on x or y substances, that's just a reflection of the urban base.

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u/InitialAd4125 Sep 01 '26

Yeah and in a non first past the post system people who care enough can vote for single issue parties like the weed legalization party and have them get actual seats. But nope we have a rather undemocratic democracy instead.

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u/Beneficial-Ride-4475 Sep 01 '26

Rank voting is generally a better system no?

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u/InitialAd4125 Sep 01 '26

Depends on the ranked voting.