r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 06 '22

Weekly Politics Thread

Please post all your Politics or Ban-related ideas, initiatives, comments, suggestions, news articles, and recommendations in this thread. Unless new information is published in the media, recurring articles related to the gov'ts ***possible*** legislation are to be posted here. These threads will be weekly, until it's necessary for another per-week.

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u/throwa37 Jun 06 '22

What you're saying, whether you intend to or not, is that we should accept that gun ownership in this country is going to be restricted to "hunting appropriate" long guns.

I hate to be the bearer of shit news here, but you will never convince the average urbanite that handguns and AR-15s should be available for, essentially, shits and giggles. It's a total non-starter. The overwhelming majority of them are against handgun ownership - hell, even most gun owners are for the assault weapons ban.

The reason that people are doing the whole 2A thing is that unless we make inroads in establishing the importance of gun ownership beyond frivolous sports, gun ownership as we knew it in this country is over, period. The idea of tailoring a "Canadian message" that's accepted by the urban population, where modern military rifles are toys, is a fantasy.

I'm not saying it'll be easy, but we either make this about rights, or we get used to owning nothing but bolt actions. This post is obviously well intentioned, but it's completely off the mark.

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u/DarseZ Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22

There's no momentum behind 2A style legislation in Canada. It's not some kind of growing movement that just needs more time.

I don't want it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

No there is growing momentum, and if you don't want it then 🤷 we're going to be stuck with cope guns. Sports shooting and hunting has done fuck all to progress gun rights in Canada

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22

This is because the firearms community hasn't done that much to reach Canadians that matter.

The average urban Canadian doesn't see themselves as a potential member of the community. We can do much more to change our tone to include them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

I have a reply to you coming up. Watch for it. It's anecdotal but seeing as I live in the GTA I think it holds some weight