To the surprise of no one paying attention. It wasn’t about actually reducing gun crime, it was about placating supporters to garner votes.
If it *was* about reducing gun crime, the government wouldn’t have hid behind cabinet confidence when asked for legal gun crime data to back up their ban/buy back plan.
No-Celebration6437 on
Pretty sure that’s exactly what they planned. The goal was to ban guns, they never really cared about getting them back, let alone the guns of people that willingly hand them over.
1937Mopar on
The gun grab was purely political to score cheap votes from the uniformed and know nothing about the gun laws in Canada.
Unlike our American cousins, it’s a privilege, not a right. With every licensed owner having to be vetted through police checks, renewals every 5 years and having to take a course in firearms safety. You have to know when and where your allowed to use them.
With it being a privilege no legitimate gun owner is going to use their firearms in a crime because they can lose their entire collection. If a firearm owner does commit a crime, their license can be voided and they would have to forfeit their collection or sell it off to other legitimate card holders.
There is absolutely no difference in between the semi auto “assault rifle” and a semi auto hunting rifle other than black plastic. The term assault rifle is purely a made of term and no the “AR” in AR 15 does not mean that. It means ArmaLite as in the manufacturer. Canada has made it illegal to own full auto since the early 70s if I remember correctly and anything new sold does have to meet the requirements the government sets out for each class of license.
Millions of dollars wasted much like the gun registry the liberals put out in the 90s…nothing accomplished in lowering gun violence just showboating at the tax payers expense.
Ryeballs on
Actual question here, what if you have a gun and are licensed and it’s registered etc and you don’t want it anymore.
*How* do you get rid of it? Do you have to go through a licensed dealer? Are there extra administrative steps? Would a program like this make it easier?
This isn’t a loaded question, please take it at face value.
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To the surprise of no one paying attention. It wasn’t about actually reducing gun crime, it was about placating supporters to garner votes.
If it *was* about reducing gun crime, the government wouldn’t have hid behind cabinet confidence when asked for legal gun crime data to back up their ban/buy back plan.
Pretty sure that’s exactly what they planned. The goal was to ban guns, they never really cared about getting them back, let alone the guns of people that willingly hand them over.
The gun grab was purely political to score cheap votes from the uniformed and know nothing about the gun laws in Canada.
Unlike our American cousins, it’s a privilege, not a right. With every licensed owner having to be vetted through police checks, renewals every 5 years and having to take a course in firearms safety. You have to know when and where your allowed to use them.
With it being a privilege no legitimate gun owner is going to use their firearms in a crime because they can lose their entire collection. If a firearm owner does commit a crime, their license can be voided and they would have to forfeit their collection or sell it off to other legitimate card holders.
There is absolutely no difference in between the semi auto “assault rifle” and a semi auto hunting rifle other than black plastic. The term assault rifle is purely a made of term and no the “AR” in AR 15 does not mean that. It means ArmaLite as in the manufacturer. Canada has made it illegal to own full auto since the early 70s if I remember correctly and anything new sold does have to meet the requirements the government sets out for each class of license.
Millions of dollars wasted much like the gun registry the liberals put out in the 90s…nothing accomplished in lowering gun violence just showboating at the tax payers expense.
Actual question here, what if you have a gun and are licensed and it’s registered etc and you don’t want it anymore.
*How* do you get rid of it? Do you have to go through a licensed dealer? Are there extra administrative steps? Would a program like this make it easier?
This isn’t a loaded question, please take it at face value.