“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/infinus5]

Fun fact about the first shot. The miners are guarding their discovery because it was free mill gold on surface. Poplar creek area of the kootaneys BC.

[u/DonAzuld → u/infinus5]

They should have just stayed inside and phoned the police.

[u/mechant_papa → u/DonAzuld]

Leave your gold by the door.