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/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

soundly reject those who keep insisting or advocating that any type of firearm is reasonably usable for self-defense in Canada. It's only lawful under the most direct, severe and unavoidable circumstance. It's so unlikely that a person could legally find themselves in a situation where it could be used that acquiring guns for self-defense is useless. Some people here hate the idea that hunting and sport shooting is basically the end of it. Make sure they're not going to ruin things for everyone else.

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u/amorphoussoupcake Jun 06 '22

Isn’t this attitude largely why we are in our current position? It seems that hunting is the only tolerable reason to own firearms in this country. Everything else is in the slow process of being totally banned.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

Canadians don't want to move in the direction of the US and have those results.

This comment thread suggests that maybe the Canadian firearms community should propose controls that move AWAY from the US model and results.

But suggesting that just gets angry replies and suggestions that we should adopt a 2A and scrap all controls.

It's self-fulfilling!

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u/amorphoussoupcake Jun 07 '22

Self fulfilling is: abandoning self defence in the 60’s and losing “short barreled” pistols in the 90’s. Forgetting sport shooting and then losing semi-auto rifles and pistols today. Just what exactly do you want to preserve? Shall we move away from the “US model” and embrace a UK style near total ban?