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/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