• sparky57@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    boosted it in mastodon and sharing this post on facebook . i think this needs attention. there was 2 instances of gun violence in my building in the last few months. 1 resulted in serious injuries. a death outside my complex from bludgeoning .

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      2 months ago

      The thing is that the vast majority of those who commit gun violence in the cities already own their firearms illegally and got them from a supply chain that is completely independent from the legal and heavily regulated market in the country.

      Even though Trudeau’s gun ban isn’t fully implemented yet, the sale of those firearms has been banned for years now so they are already practically banned. And clearly that ban didn’t stop the violence from happening in your building.

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        2 months ago

        To me, that is a very weak excuse. this is canada. we don’t have “gun rights”. that is a privilege just like having a pilot’s licence. that is not a licence to go on social media and blather about rights for “law abiding gun owners”. that is simply a veiled threat to those of us who dont own guns or may have a different skin tone or religious or gender affiliation.

        secondly, when i see a vehicle with f*trudeau stickers and “2a rights” near my place when a firearms related incident happens, i am the good citizen who writes down the plate and description of the vehicle then reports to the authorities. there are DEI people in my building.
        And i find its the same sore loser whiney crybababy conservatives who decry the presence of a kirpan (ceremonial knife) on a Sikh. hypocracy in the face of the deputy Consrvative party leader. I would vote for Tim S Uppal if i was in his riding.

        This didn’t start with Trudeau the younger. This was Hard work by Allen Rock and the Rt Hon Jean Chretien. If you dont like it , say it to Mr Chretien’s face and see if he doesnt give you the Shawinnigan handshake lol!

        And if you still dont like it,: i hear there are no gun laws nor even any carbon tax in Haiti. you can go there while a few Haitiens are waiting at Roxham Rd that would replace you in a heartbeat and be happy to live under Canada’s gun laws and grateful to pay carbon tax.

        ROFL! the lame arguments some of you bring up

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        2 months ago

        the injury incident , a shot to the groin, was due to a glock style handgun. to me they are the same as assault style rifles. the 2 nd incident, a homicide aas bludgeoning by what appeared to be an assault rifle. cant xomment on much more as these acases are vefore the King’s Bench.

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          They may the same to you, but there is a massive difference in handguns and rifles. A ban on assault style rifles wouldn’t even impact handguns, they are a completely different type of gun and have very strict regulations. Handguns already have strict rules and it is incredibly rare a legal one is used in a gun crime.

          The illegal guns are the problem. No amount of regulation on legal gun owners will stop illegal gun activity.

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        Wrong question. You should be asking if it involved someone with a firearms license. The type of firearm used is irrelevant, despite what the Liberals would like us to believe.