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

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Agonizing-Stroke1812 Sep 12 '26

Looking at recent approval ratings I'm thinking it's over for good for our hobby here. We have a shot at grandfathering what we've got and that's about it. Hope I'm wrong

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Sep 12 '26

It doesn't matter what the approval ratings are right now. The odds of us going into a election right at this moment are pretty low. Also not to character assassinate but my guy you are a 6 month old account who has pretty much only doomer posted. Like a lot of your comments I have seen you say in this thread are doomer post after doomer post with a few more average run of the mill comments mixed in. Like please instead of doomer posting do something productive. Take someone who has never shot before to the range. Help pay for someone's CFSC course. Just do something productive instead of basking in nihilism. Like I get it things suck but be the change you want to see. Help increase the number of PAL holders. I can't say this enough. Let's get the numbers up to 3 million+.

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u/22GageEnthusiast Sep 12 '26

This is the best long term solution for firearm rights in Canada. We need to create more PAL holders. Imagine if the % of PAL holders to the general population increased from like 2.5% currently to like 5%, 10% or 15%.....it wouldn't matter as to which political party was in power. The governing party would be forced to pass favourable laws or at the very least, leave the existing laws as they are.

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Sep 12 '26

Funnily enough it’s not at 2.5%. Currently there are 2.4 million pal holders and let’s say Canadas population is 42 million. That would mean 5.7% of the population had a pal. What we should be striving for is atleast double that.

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u/22GageEnthusiast Sep 12 '26

My bad I guess I got the numbers mixed up. Incredible that were at over 5% already.....but again we need that number to go as high as possible. This is the best long term solution.

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Sep 12 '26

Yep. Every chance I get am scooping out people both irl and online I know that would be interested in getting a pal but are on the fence about it. I tell them get a crossbow (that often times is a good starting off point.) or I go straight to it and tell them I would help pay for there CFSC. Anything to get more pal holders.