“Men don’t wear pistols in Canada!”

[u/Borealbound]

The photographic, archaeological & written evidence seems to suggest otherwise.

Don‘t even make me delve into the first legislation against firearms ownership which dominion of Canada implemented and where those laws applied and who they were used against.

[u/IcySkyDream]

Please delve, I implore you.

[u/Borealbound → u/IcySkyDream]

Wikipedia is not a source, however:

“ The Parliament instituted a system of gun control in the  North-West Territories   in 1885 to hinder the   North-West Rebellion . Permission in writing from the territorial government was needed to possess any firearm (other than a smooth-bore shotgun), and also ammunition. Possession of a firearm or ammunition without the necessary permit was an offence, and could lead to the forfeiture of the firearm and ammunition. [13 ] These gun control provisions applied to all of what is now Alberta,   Saskatchewan , parts of   Manitoba , the current Northwest Territories,   Yukon , and   Nunavut .“

[u/4r4nd0mninj4 → u/Borealbound]

The government knew what the citizens would do to them if they found out what the government intended to do to them...🤷‍♂️