r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '22

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/Batsinvic888 Bats888 on YouTube May 25 '22

Patrick Brown posted this earlier today

I will scrap the Firearms Act in its entirety and work with experts — including law-abiding firearm owners — to replace it with a new law that takes protecting our streets just as seriously as does defending the rights of Canadians.

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u/Beemo1999 May 25 '22 edited May 25 '22

Absolutely horrible timing for such an announcement given what happened in Texas.

Edit: I don't know why people are downvoting. I never said I personally disagree with his proposal, just that it was released at an unfortunate time.

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u/throwa37 May 25 '22

I don't know why you're being downvoted either, but sadly, if we're going by proximity to American mass shooting tragedies, there's never a good time. The venom in their politics and lack of mental health supports is resulting in a shocking number of these atrocities lately.

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u/drain-angel BC May 26 '22

It doesn't help that we have such a smug self-serving neoliberal electorate who immediately after news broke of a tragedy to blow smoke up their own ass.