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

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Background-Way7794 Aug 31 '26

ive noticed a big change in society, I live rural, and have space to shoot on my own place, have been for years. Never had issues... now, in the last two years, ive had police attend my place 6 times due to "someone calling about gunshots".... I live in an area that had a big cottages ( read, Air B and B's).

They have my cel number, but always drive out. IDK who is more inconvenienced , me or the Police,. but man, its getting old. One starts to feel like we are doing something "wrong" after a while.

Cops never hassle me BTW, always cool about things, but ...

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u/airchinapilot Sep 01 '26

I was reading the minutes of one of our local hunting regulation committees in the municipality I hunt in every year and the item that made me laugh was the annual report by the police stating by far the outcome of most of the shooting calls they were getting related to hunting were them informing ingoramuses that hunting was legal.

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u/FunkyFrunkle Sep 01 '26

It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so much of a depressing indication of just how ignorant people are.

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u/airchinapilot Sep 01 '26

One time my group were met at the parking lot by an apologetic police officer at the end of our day. In that jurisdiction they have a commitment to provide a report for every interaction.

So this poor officer who knew very well we were hunting legally had to spend half an hour taking statements from a volunteer in my group - it was me - who stayed behind to show that yes we were hunting legitimately. And here we were standing next to a big sign that said "Hunting season Sept to March" along with other hunting regulation signs.

Big waste of time and resources

Ignorance, maybe, but I wouldn't discount Karens just trying to cause so much irritation that the city decides it's not worth the reports either.