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

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/Haybinger949 12(7) May 27 '22

SIU confirms BB gun recovered from scene of Scarborough police shooting

Don't worry though! It'll still be added to the stats as a crime gun and I'm sure this detail will cause the whole incident to get rug-swept real quick

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u/discostu55 May 27 '22

Reddit Canada is having a field day. I’ve been trying to post a link and update people but it’s just going to get buried and we are going to get another wave of bans

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22

It's reddit, stop wasting your time. They won't listen to anything going against the "gun bad restriction good" narrative

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u/CastAside1776 May 27 '22

most of them were cheering on the fact that a dude with a BB gun got gunned down by police. You can see many such examples in my comment reply history.

So much for all that police protest stuff right?

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u/Olive-Drab-Green Nyet! Rifle is Fine May 27 '22 edited May 27 '22

Well it’s because he was white. They scream bloody murder if the person with the BB Gun was a minority. “The cop should have known it was fake!” “Why didn’t they shoot him in the foot!” It’s just how it goes

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u/huntcamp May 27 '22

Lol I was just about to post this. The number of redditors saying he deserved it has blown my mind. Yet these same people were on the opposite a year or two ago side saying George Floyd didn’t deserve it. It’s identity politics 100%, and ironically they don’t realize they’re just as bad as the people they despise.

I just look forward to seeing the bb/pellet gun he was carrying because I have a sneaking suspicion it might not look like a firearm, because otherwise the media would’ve used terminology like “replica pellet gun.”