Sad - seeing all the handgun sales
- Thread starter marlin58
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I agree with you. Before I got into this I didn't care or think about it. It wasn't on my mind. I think that is most Canadians. Sadly that means firearms knowledge is non existing except from media and Hollywood. Doesn't make them bad people. Uphill battle to convince them that their rights are being trampled on. Majority of Canadians probably can't afford a home so it would be a pain to store firearms. They're thinking about the next paycheck.without skin in the game(in their eyes), there isn't much incentive for them to join the fight.
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I know people that are getting into it for the first time buying multiples as the “now or never” revelation has hit them, I also know a fair amount of older guys that are transferring their collection to their kids and grandchildren so there will be a couple more generations that will be able to enjoy them for awhile longer.
I have too many duplicates, and people want to buy guns, so I've been trying to flog a few. Hell even if I sold half of them I'd probably still have more then your average gunnut. Kinda scared myself looking through the registration certificate pile that is about 3/4" thick now.
Feel like Mike Hall..."thought I had around 400 cars, turns out it's 560" lol.
Feel like Mike Hall..."thought I had around 400 cars, turns out it's 560" lol.
This. In Canada, guns are one of those things that people may talk about but for the vast majority (I'm guessing 75-80%) it's not an issue that determines who they vote for. During the election last year Global News did a poll about the issues that concerned Canadians the most. The results were:
- healthcare
- affordability and cost of living
- climate change
- the economy
- COVID-19
- taxes
- housing
- poverty
- unemployment
- government deficit
- seniors issues
- Indigenous issues
So crime and & gun control weren't even in the top 12. The Conservatives could very easily roll back most, if not all, of the Liberal gun control legislation with very little damage to their brand if they did it early in their mandate i.e. the first year. By the time the next election rolled around it would be a forgotten issue.
Remember all the hand wringing and doom and gloom predictions when the long gun registry was scrapped. The Conservatives did that in 2012 and by the next election in 2015 there was nary a peep about the long gun registry except for Truedeau saying he wouldn't bring it back. Blood did not run in the streets and for the vast majority of Canadians it was a non-issue.
Who remembers Dalton McGuinty's famous 'no tax increase' pledge. Yet shortly after he was elected he lied and brought in the health surtax (which we still have today). When he did people went nuts and were ready to hang him in the public square. Yet three years later he was re-elected with a majority. And that was about a tax that affected nearly everyone. Guns affect very few people in Canada and except for the 5% who are rabid antis and the 20% who are solidly pro the other 75% could care less.
Canadians (and most people in general) have very short memories, especially with regards to things that do not directly affect them. In Canada, guns are one of those things. All it takes to reverse the anti-gun trend is some spine on the part of the Conservatives with proactive messaging such as "Unlike the Liberals we are going after the criminals who misuse guns and put the public at risk. We won't waste time and money punishing law-abiding citizens who aren't the problem."
Not necessarily. It all depends on how you sell it.
A couple of minor changes to the pending law are all it would take.
Just say, "We're improving public safety by only allowing RCMP-checked licensed individuals to use these firearms" with these changes.
No one will know or care.
"MAJORITY" LOL..not bloody likely,the ONLY majority of Canadians you're talking about is in 4 cities ONLY,Ottawa,Toronto,Montreal,vancouver,and those are the ONLY cities the polls ever get concerned about,and with the coming seat redistribution coming,those 4 liberal cockroach cities wont be able to decide the PM anymore,and with the way TURDO'S rating are falling like a rock,and the fact that he refuse to answer question from reporters now,the Liberal ship is sinking,even the most hardcore libtard is seeing what a complete moron Turdo is,can't wait to see the libtard party go to extinction,just like Ontario destroyed them,
if the liberal horse#### PASSES,,and that's a big IF,the CPC will easily reverse it,and it wont be to hard to sell.when they publicly explain the common sense to it,LOL.even the most hardcore libtard can see the stupidity of thing thing,which is why Turdo is refusing to answer questions about it to reporters,he can't make the case for it without looking like a complete moron,even HE knows it,
calibrecarstairs
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The masses have been indoctrinated with guns are bad propaganda for decades.
Common sense will not undo this.
Leavenworth
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My opinion is that when Canada was in its infancy the right to firearms for its citizenry should have been enshrined in law . Like the USA.
I am however in favour of not letting mentally unwell people ( doctors consent ) or criminals have possession .
Leavenworth
I am however in favour of not letting mentally unwell people ( doctors consent ) or criminals have possession .
Leavenworth
because they have people reminding them about it. we have gun orgs that are shy about it and wait for having the cpc saving the gun owners ... so we re doing it the wrong way and we need a gun org focused on training new shooters (young preferably) we had a program here and we had to stop because people from big cities were scared of kids using laser guns inside school after hours ... so an organisation that spread the word: gun is good and remind any politician about it as we all know politicians from any parties owns guns it is not limited to the cpc ...
well as a republic maybe but when a queen or king is ruling it will never happens.
I think people in the large cities like Montreal, GTA, and Vancouver have a realistic fear of crime that involves handguns, and they typically make up a large portion of the left vote so they are easily pulled into the tribe on that issue alone. Thier vote has a huge effect on the Canadian politic, so ignoring thier issue will be at any parties peril.
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Crime has been decreasing in Canada since the 1970s. Everything you see and hear is amplified by the media a thousand times.
There are year to year minor fluctuations and there's been a local increase since 2014 but still less than 1978.
Pierre's latest PR messages talk about simplifying the laws so Canadians can understand them.
That would be a perfect way to reverse much of the damage done by Liberals by rewriting the firearms laws to simplify them.
A few minor changes along the way wouldn't be noticed especially since no one understands the current laws anyway.
Midnight Rider
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When the CPC returns to power , all of Trudeau's gun grab policies will be reversed as the CPC has gone to bat many times for firearm owners . It will never be the wild west of concealed carry like in some states in the U.S. ; but firearm regulations will be simplified by the CPC , and return to similar regulations that were in place when PM Harper was in power .
