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

Weekly Politics Thread

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22 edited Jun 13 '22

Some of my edit in a reply didn't go through and I figured it's worth being a standalone comment:

The opposition is predicting the next move and hopping onto the self defence argument. The toothless, and quite frankly, spineless world view of "gun owners must be nice and show that sports shooting is what we're about!! :DD" is obsolete. Me and a handful of users have already pointed out that leaning hard on this angle shoves us into a corner, where the public perceives this thing of ours as a frivolous, rich guy hobby. It just so happens that this "hobby" is dangerous - so what's stopping the government from banning it entirely?

Users here may not like that for whatever reason. Fact of the matter is, 50 years of sports shooting has gotten us nowhere. The gun community in Canada needs to change with the times and no, leaning harder on sports shooting isn't going to cut it any more.

E: reposting the article that floydsmoot posted:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/guns-must-not-be-used-for-self-defense-canadas-trudeau-insists

Dear Leader is trying real hard.

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u/April_Ethereal Jun 13 '22

If sport shooting and hunting are "obsolete", then how / what should people be doing / talking about in your opinion? What is the change we should be following with the times and leaning on?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Nothing. Just give up and let Trudeau do whatever he wants to gun owners. Any time we get criticized we must talk about how inclusive and peaceful we are while our semi autos, handguns and bolt guns get confiscated. Oh yeah and vote liberal.

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u/April_Ethereal Jun 13 '22

Too much of a coward to say it eh?

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Have you tried reading what I've been replying to other people are or you going to say stupid shit?

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u/April_Ethereal Jun 13 '22

I read all of your replies in this thread before making my first comment. And I've read all the new ones since, before making the next. What I want is for you to be direct rather than talking around it with vagaries.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '22

Direct about what? I've been direct. This community needs to shift the narrative from sports shooting to self defence and property rights because the former is an obsolete argument. Is that not clear to you?

I've been saying this since I made a Reddit account.

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u/April_Ethereal Jun 13 '22

Yes, that half I'd gathered from other comments, but thank you for stating it directly as per my request. The other half is the how to go about facilitating that change (if you'd be so kind).