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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We understand that politics is a touchy subject, and at times things can get heated. A reminder of the subreddit rules, when commenting, where subreddit users are expected to abide.

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u/fucemanchukem Jun 10 '22

All the deletions and bans make me more uncomfortable about participating here. Not because I would get booted but because I don't think invalidating others to make a community seem less like the people opposed to you will use as ammo against you will help. It just emboldens those opposed to private ownership to take more away as they see less resistance. Never apologize. Never appear reasonable to their demands. All it's done is make things worse for everyone. I'm sick of it.

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u/BunchDependent2521 Jun 10 '22

Eh, the mods are super reasonable here.. it's not like you get insta-mercd for going against the groupthink, just don't outwardly say things illegal, the things that get the entire subreddit shutdown. Obv the mods/admins will act on certain comments.

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u/DistortoiseLP Jun 10 '22

It's also not at all conductive to legally owning a gun in Canada to, quote "Never apologize. Never appear reasonable." That's going to get your gun taken in a country where those people trusting you with it is your only legal basis to own one.

This subreddit isn't unwise to push it out if it knows Canadians other than owners are here watching for the kind of rebellious attitude Canadian gun laws were written to curb when they start rattling guns as an alterative to law enforcement.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

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u/CanadaGunsMod Jun 10 '22

We've talked amongst ourselves and really don't know which one of us you're talking about. Could be anyone, really.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

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u/CanadaGunsMod Jun 10 '22

he's "FUCKING PISSED" and anyone who irritates him any further will be banned, not for breaking rules, but just for subjectively annoying him

Oh, I'm just the mouthpiece for the mod team on that one. We're absolutely all on board for removing people who deliberately make this already thankless job more difficult by breaking the rules.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

Post anyways. The more people see that type of never apologize, never compromise attitude when it comes to idiotic gun laws only emboldens gun owners and the community as a whole. Anyone who doesn't like it probably wasn't as serious about gun culture anyways. It's been over 30 years of compromise for absolutely nothing.

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u/CanadaGunsMod Jun 10 '22

The deletions and bans are blantant, flagrant violations of the rules posted on the side bar. Most everyone gets a warning or a "time-out" rather than a perma, especially for a first offence.

We're also not here to give a voice to racism, sexism, extremism, and just plain conspiracy theory nutcases. The mod team is very cohesive on this. And yes, we get to decide what falls into those categories. We usually have a discussion and vote on anything that's controversial to see what the whole mod team thinks prior to doing anything.

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u/Cadaren99 on Jun 11 '22

I think people also forget there are rules from Reddit every sub has to follow as well, one of the biggest is posts about breaking the law or counseling to break the law. It's a good way to get your sub quarantined or banned.

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u/OxfordTheCat Jun 10 '22

You get bans for like three things on this subreddit:

A) Being a complete dickhead to other users or in general or acting like an unhinged conspiracy-tard.

B) Advocating or actively breaching Reddit's sitewide rules or TOS

C) Advocating illegal activity and uttering threats

The rules are not that hard to follow.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

I’m an idiot and I’m still here, can’t be that hard