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

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

What do you think is more alienating, trying to get into a sport that has such a high skill ceiling, requiring thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to get into? Or an average joe with an AR15 and a shotgun at home used for hunting and self defence? The average uninformed urbanite will go with whatever the hell pop culture tells them. I don't see why we can't be the ones to change public discourse.

I get your point but if the average urbanite just follows along I don't see why we can't make them follow.

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u/throwa37 Jun 06 '22

This argument makes no sense. "Rural and sporting" gun use isn't under threat. Semi-auto centerfires are being targeted right now, precisely because they don't fit the sporting optics that you think are going to save us.

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u/throwa37 Jun 06 '22

Last I checked, the biggest threat to the sport right now was the measures to ban handgun sales

Maybe. The AWB (including the evergreen/feature ban that's apparently coming as an amendment to this bill) is arguably just as damaging.

The Mini-14 is a far better ambassador rifle than the AR15 will ever be.

Right now at this moment, I agree. Not that I think it makes much of a difference.

The average Canadian sees a black rifle and they immediately want it banned

I understand that, and we need to solve that problem. Hence the idea that we need to sell these rifles as useful, not just sports equipment.