Nathalie Provost, spokesperson for the group PolySeSouvient and survivor of the École Polytechnique massacre, is about to make the leap into federal politics with Marc Carney’s Liberal team. Known for her gun control activism, Provost is expected to announce Friday that she will represent the Liberal Party of Canada, according to Le Devoir. She would […]
You comment is very confusing. I understand not supporting the gun restrictions introduced in the last 5 years, but why would you oppose the buyback program? If the government makes a citizen’s property illegal to own, they should compensate the citizen.
FTFY. Also, the issue (generally) isn’t gun owners, it’s their guns that get stolen, misused, etc.
Irrelevant and nonsensical. Individual gun owners have no impact on preserving our sovereignty. Modern militaries are on a different level than “A well regulated Militia” or whatever other 2A BS this is.
Because it’s a waste of money. My taxes will have to pay for this.
No one is using legally attained weapons to kill people. Spend the money on stopping guns coming across the border instead, and on better gun training programs. IMO it’s actually too easy to obtain a PAL and that should be made more strenuous.
They plan on shipping the bought back guns to Ukraine which is also super embarassing. That would be a logistical nightmare. There’s a reason why armies use a standardized rifle/ammo haha. What is Ukraine going to do with my now illegal semi auto .22?
Restricting weapons just props up the illegal market on them.
The problem is, they are using legally attained weapons to kill people.
And every time they do, the news makes sure that it is described, and politicians use it as an argument for more restrict control and weird rules.
They do that because it is easy, and it does not alienate their base and lobbyists. It does not mean it will solve the problem in the long term.
Not so long ago, they banned a tamagotchi because thieves were using 15K USD devices to unlock cars.
Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t the last time a legal weapon killed people was the 1989 montreal one?
Montreal was a big one. I think the last big mass shootings were all smuggled from the USA, or stolen from the police (Nova Scotia 2020).
I meant murder with guns in general. It feels like there is always a pundit saying the weapon being black, or having a handgun handle increases lethality… and red makes it faster, more dakka. It feels it is more for economic reasons (block competition) than to solve any real problem.
There is this one in 2022, it is not as big, but the guy killed multiple people with legal handguns. https://siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=2360
.22 will be useless and they start shelling us.
I feel like anyone LARPing or dreaming with military campaign would be better served by practicing with RC planes and drones, tanking cool pictures, breathtaking videos, or just doing cool aerial tricks.
I’m an experienced drone pilot and that’s how I would plan to contribute.
The Canadian Rangers use tikka t3x rifles which we can still legally buy. In the event of war you probably want something that can fire 7.62 NATO as that will be the ammo which is distributed.
Canada is mostly wilderness. A bolt action rifle still has a place in your pack. It is reliable and simple. Lightweight.
My 80yo father-in-law has some drones, he will be more useful than me, I should probably save for a good one and start practicing.
Found some tikka t3x on the used listing here, I was trying to find their brochure to see which model they recommend for conversion to 7.62, I imagine a .308 Win would work.