“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/hunterofsteelhead]

If theres any citizens in the world that are responsible and deserving of carrying firearms , its Canadians. Most of the people doing irresponsible things or crimes with firearms dont even look like theyve lived in Canada more than a few years.

[u/Cb1receptor → u/hunterofsteelhead]

Imagine how many times people would leave their pistols in the loo at timmies. It would be a bad look. These fuckin guys who don't do up their pants would be dropping their shit everywhere. Right now we treat them with reverence because they're dangerous. We use them with purpose and keep other people safe from accessing them. The worst case scenarios are all over US news. Do you want that level of peril around here?

[u/Claus-Buchi → u/Cb1receptor]

No reason to engage lol, they are day dreaming about a world long gone lol

[u/Borealbound → u/Claus-Buchi]

I am a machinist, making guns disappear could only be accomplished by ending humanity.

[u/Cb1receptor → u/Borealbound]

I didn’t say anything about making guns disappear. I just don’t think it would be good for us to have just anyone able to carry firearms. Imagine all the people that make you want to carry being armed as well.

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/Cb1receptor]

Those people are already carrying and you arent. Youd be surprised who is carrying and what they have.

[u/Cb1receptor → u/hunterofsteelhead]

They aren’t. It’s not easy concealing a full size frame. Most people who have the fear will carry 9+ and we don’t see compact frames when the police do their perp galleries. I am aware there are lots of stingers in Canada. It’s not Canadian to walk around all scared trying to hide a gun in your pants. That’s US chicken shit behaviour.

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/Cb1receptor]

Its very easy concealing a full size frame in a country where you can wear oversized hoodies and jackets for most of the year. And when I mean carrying im including what people might stash in the garbage can or car in their close proximity. Not everything ends up in a perp gallery most illegal firearms do not. They are seizing a small percentage. If you live in a rough neighborhood you know how accessible illegal firearms are and even young teens have them.

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/Cb1receptor]

And when they do perp galleries

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/hunterofsteelhead]

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/hunterofsteelhead]

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/hunterofsteelhead]

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/hunterofsteelhead]

[u/Cb1receptor → u/hunterofsteelhead]

Ok. We mostly see full sized frames when they show their loot. Thugs don't like 1911s eh?

[u/Borealbound → u/hunterofsteelhead]

All polymer 🤮

[u/Borealbound → u/Cb1receptor]

I literally have literally concealed carried a CZ-52 with an inside the waistband holster here in the US. That’s not a small pistol, it’s a full sized service pistol. I know people who have CCW’d full sized 1911’s or Beretta 92’s. It’s not difficult to conceal a handgun on your person. Most Canadians also as a result of living in a place where people typically do not carry don’t look at things like people’s waistlines or if they are carrying a fanny pack, or the newest rage with ATL youth which is to wear skinny jeans, their sisters jacket and stuff their handgun under their arm and hold it in the armpit, so when people look at their waist they see skinny jeans, assume they are not carrying a pistol. 

Truth be told, a lot of criminally minded people do not use holsters, they just stuff it into a waistband, backpack or pocket. I literally have more holsters than pistols. 

[u/hunterofsteelhead → u/Borealbound]

Yea itd probally more rare to find a holster in the streets than a gun lol besides waist bands and hoodies some guys are wearing purse-like things and some shooters are pretty intelligent they live in urban areas so they have protocols with vehicles , license plates , concealing their face. There was even one where the shooter was on camera wiping prints off things immediately after the shooting and then running. 8 years later they never been caught https://youtu.be/qAl-LS5eo1E?si=Q9bLaWYn8jqorTqZ

[u/Borealbound → u/hunterofsteelhead]

What’s in the bag, a Mares Leg? 

[u/Borealbound → u/Cb1receptor]

As opposed to a scenario where the only people who carry firearms are law enforcement officers and criminals? 

[u/Cb1receptor → u/Borealbound]

Ya welcome to Canada.

[u/Claus-Buchi → u/Borealbound]

You can get a permit if you work requires you to carry a firearm, otherwise why would you need to carry a firearm around?

[u/Borealbound → u/Claus-Buchi]

How many bear encounters have you had? How many mountain lion encounters have you had? 

I have probably had about a dozen close calls with bears while living in BC, had one mountain lion encounter, it’s an experience in humility. Also encountered moose thrashing through the bush before as well. 

For the record, I moved to a jurisdiction in the US that requires every household, sans those with felons, the mentally ill or paupers have a firearm and ammunition, the crime rate here is negligible. Like one homicide every ten years in a metro region that has above average levels of homicide. One thing about carrying a firearm is it makes you very conscious of the interactions you have with others, makes you more careful because you do not want things to escalate to the point of someone being harmed. I carry a Tanfoglio almost every day or a single action big bore revolver when I am innawoods and hiking. Beats lugging a shotgun or SKS around when you are hiking. 

[u/Claus-Buchi → u/Borealbound]

?

[u/Borealbound → u/Claus-Buchi]

In my line of work, people churn things out on mills and lathes all of the time. You would need to erradicate humans to erradicate firearms because the knowledge of firearms production is too widespread to stop the existence of firearms.

[u/Claus-Buchi → u/Borealbound]

I don’t want to eradicate firearms?