r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 13 '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 13 '22

Arguments for women's self-defense (and other weaker groups) is good, because it aligns with promoting equality (of ability to defend oneself). I think another good argument is law enforcement, as in anyone who enforces the law(aka most gun owners) is law enforcement. They may not be an officer, but if they have the strength and the will to protect others then they are law enforcement and thus disarming them is ludicrous.

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u/floydsmoot Jun 14 '22

Arguments for women's self-defense

Good luck with that

MP Kellie Leitch proposed legalizing pepper spray for women and was roundly chastised for suggesting such a thing:

"Patty Hajdu says we should just stop men from raping instead"

https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/12/canadian-politician-pepper-spray-offensive-women-men-rape/