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

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/Hot_Squash_9225 May 26 '22

Sane people do terrible things all the time, you can find a lot of it on reddit. The problem in America is that literally anyone that hasn't committed a felony can buy a gun. Think about the angriest or shittiest person you know going to a gun show in Kentucky and buying an AK with just their driver's license. That should worry every American. Here, we have to go through a lot of BS just to get a gun but it works, I trust other gun owners here because they had to go through the same stuff I had to. The gun laws are basically fine, it's just that we have people that don't know anything about guns making laws about guns.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22

Again, like I was saying earlier, guns aren't the problem here. They're inanimate objects and they're not inherently evil.

There's a broader discussion to be had about the state of mental health among people nowadays but that's starting to go off topic. as it is, lots of people need assistance. The past two years of isolation hasn't done anyone any favors either

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u/Hot_Squash_9225 May 26 '22

We have mental health issues in Canada, we had longer and stricter lockdowns, we have a mental health crisis but we don't have a school shooting crisis, what do you think the difference is? It's the access. Gun ownership shouldn't be considered a right, it's a privilege and people need to show that they have (atleast) a basic sense of responsibility before we hand them guns.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22 edited May 26 '22

Gun ownership is a right. We have guns in Canada, we arguably have a stronger hunting and frontiersman culture than the US, but we can't take handguns and certain rifles out in the bush when we go hunting or camping. And what do you think the difference is? America's gun rights are protected by their constitution. Gun ownership NOT being recognized as a right is exactly why gun culture is in such a shit state right now.

And before anyone else reading this starts twisting my words, I can't believe I have to say this but what happened in Texas is horrible. If politicians have security teams, school should as well.

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u/Hot_Squash_9225 May 26 '22

Wow that seems like a really minor inconvenience compared to the dead children problem. Also funny how you suddenly ditch the mental health crisis thing you were talking about. You admit that we have a crisis and that there are psychopaths but you want more guns for them? Move to America, seems like you belong there.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '22 edited May 26 '22

What seems like a minor inconvenience? Gun rights? It's not an inconvenience. Guns are arguably a necessity, I don't think I need to point at history or contemporary events to prove it.

I ditched the mental health crisis talk because as I've said in another comment, it would go wildly off topic and have nothing to do with a fireams related subreddit. The amount of times I've had to clarify that to users here is crazy.

Who said I wanted psychopaths to have access to guns? I sure as hell didn't say that.

E: and trust me, I'd move to America if I could right now but the funds won't allow it.