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

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/CaptainCanuck1917 May 27 '22

AND so it begins boys... FML

My biggest fear is reading "All semi autos will be banned" .... I love my SKS to much to let it go...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/new-firearms-bill-coming-imminently-from-federal-public-safety-minister-1.5921171

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22 edited May 29 '22

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u/Amaterasu127 May 27 '22

They don’t give a single shit about the couple thousand people who actually care about duck hunting.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22 edited May 29 '22

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u/SettingPitiful4330 May 27 '22

Will the bill take affect on Monday? Or probably not till the fall?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22

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u/SettingPitiful4330 May 27 '22

Okay that's good news at least then!

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u/yummybunnybear May 27 '22

Don't get your hopes up yet. The government can issue a new OIC concurrently with the new bill. For example, if the bill proposes to ban a type of firearm and the government wants to prohibit their sales and transfers immediately, they can do so with a new OIC.

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u/SettingPitiful4330 May 27 '22

They better not!! I just want my back ordered apc223 to come in!!!!!

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u/yummybunnybear May 27 '22

That's a nice gun. Hope you get it!

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u/Newfoundgunner nf May 27 '22

especially considering we might be going into an election should the NDP get pissed off and/or find some balls

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22

The ndp might get pissed off, but they have no balls to cause an election

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u/discostu55 May 27 '22

That was before they had a coalition with the ndp

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u/[deleted] May 28 '22 edited May 29 '22

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u/discostu55 May 28 '22

fair point