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

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/throwa37 May 26 '22 edited May 26 '22

National handgun ban

No, he's still acknowledging that there is no unity on a handgun ban nation-wide, and that they're going to act "where there is unity". So that looks like it's off the table.

Magazine ban (no more 5/30's etc)

Possible. It's going to involve magazines in some way.

Complete Semi Auto Ban

Not a chance. You can't just drop a ban of potentially millions of guns with no prep. Look how much trouble the OIC is giving them. A total semi-auto ban (on short notice) is completely unrealistic.

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u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist May 26 '22

The thing is I don't believe any of these changes will be off the cuff. These plans have likely already been written long ago, with preparations being made ever since the OIC to further implement restrictions on legal gun owners.

We know the LPC wants all semi's gone because that's what poly wants. We know they want all handguns gone because that's the lowest hanging fruit that all of their uninformed urban voters can latch onto, believing it will have an impact on gangbanger shootings.

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u/Armed_Accountant Whoever wants to touch my guns has to touch me first. May 26 '22

You kidding? Looks at the OIC list; that shit was compiled over a weekend and didn't include a ton of firearms models that have been in the country for decades.

They have no idea what they're doing, or the one person who did retired and no one can find their files.

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u/throwa37 May 27 '22

I think that was about cost management, not a lack of prep time. There were news articles months before the OIC where Blair let slip that they were taking that approach.

Even just the "mass shooter greatest hits" compilation they came out with is going to cost them damn near a billion to deal with.