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u/jbon87 Jun 10 '22

My buddys and i have been talk and we suspect that all the gun ban of late (2020 oic and now the hand gun freeze) are due to the liberals fears of the future. And in particular order

Climate change

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-financial-system-column-don-pittis-1.6481496

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadians-shopping-rising-food-costs-1.6483250

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/food-cost-survey-1.6478695

With the above and the rise of inflation

I think this is the liberals fear of history repeating

itself https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis

Just my 2 cents

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u/OxfordTheCat Jun 10 '22 edited Jun 10 '22

It's not some grand conspiracy, it's simple polling.

The public overwhelmingly supports the legislation. Support for the previous legislation was polling at like 70%, which is more consensus than basically anything on legislative agenda in the last twenty five years.

You'd have to introduce a motion for curing cancer or something to get more high profile public support. And before the "the public doesn't understand the laws, that's the only reason they support it" crowd sharpens their pencils: Number one, the public doesn't understand any legislation that gets passed, this isn't any different. And two, no, average Canadians aren't closet 2A supporters and wishing AR15s and handguns were more accessible than ever in Canada, even if every single person miraculously knew the nuances of the laws, they'd still be anathema to the average person.

It's not some greater civil unrest, WEF disarmament, UN world government nonsense de jour that the conspiracy idiots are peddling: Gun control legislation is popular in this country, and the AR15 espousing, plate carrier wearing, sheepdog/operator/guns to protect against the government/wish we had a 2A culture is despised by the average Canadian, especially in the big cities where it counts.

And especially given the pervasive and high profile issues in the United States, which are getting worse not better.

Guys like O'Leary that were in the early running for the CPC leadership the last time around were actively talking about getting rid of ARs. If there wasn't the massive public and political support for it, the legislation wouldn't exist.

Horses, not zebras.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

Guys like o leary low key fear an armed population, they are uncomfortable with the fact that joe the plumber has the same guns that they hire to protect themselves with.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '22

Watch out you're toeing the line of being a conspiracy theory gun nut. Can't point out that obvious fact now can we?