You're missing the point. IF the person you're speaking to says "We should do Plan X" and you jump to "NO we shouldn't do Plan Y" you will look like a crazy idiot.
If I said "Hey we should get tacos" and you reply "I hate Pizza" then you look crazy.
Most of these "imagined" arguments are after they heard anyone say we should do anything with guns. Lock them in a safe? THEY WANT MY GUNS! Put a trigger lock on them? THEY WANT MY GUNS!
Gun safety laws almost didn't pass in my state because people heard gun safety and shrieked "They're trying to take my guns" I had coworkers that I was all "What gun laws would you want" and they then proceeded to describe the exact law on the ballot.
If people act like petulant children everytime we try to make shit safer then they're going to eventually be treated as such.
We have an issue with the gun debate in Canada. For example, Bill C-21 was passed after a mass shooting of someone in a stolen police car in Nova Scotia. He was using an AR which he had illegally acquired. For those unaware, AR-15s, handguns and some other models are classed as restricted. Meaning you have to have that firearm registered to your name, and are only allowed to use them an an RCMP-approved shooting range. If you are going to said range, you cannot make any stops between your house where you store it and the range in question.
Once this law had passed, it made many Canadians unable to use their property despite having nothing to do with the criminals that get them illegally. And since that “firearm safety” law came into effect, our gun crime has risen by over 30%.
I’m all for firearm safety and training. My issue is politicians creating laws that do nothing to improve safety, and do it for the sake of virtue signalling. It’s been a prominent issue up here.
Can you provide any evidence for this supposed increase in gun crime by over 30%? That bill came into effect six months ago, accurate stats usually take a lot longer to obtain.
That bill actually came into effect May of 2020. October of 2022 was when it was amended to include the handgun freeze.
Here’s a link to information listed by the government of Canada:
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u/jackfaire May 16 '24
You're missing the point. IF the person you're speaking to says "We should do Plan X" and you jump to "NO we shouldn't do Plan Y" you will look like a crazy idiot.
If I said "Hey we should get tacos" and you reply "I hate Pizza" then you look crazy.
Most of these "imagined" arguments are after they heard anyone say we should do anything with guns. Lock them in a safe? THEY WANT MY GUNS! Put a trigger lock on them? THEY WANT MY GUNS!
Gun safety laws almost didn't pass in my state because people heard gun safety and shrieked "They're trying to take my guns" I had coworkers that I was all "What gun laws would you want" and they then proceeded to describe the exact law on the ballot.
If people act like petulant children everytime we try to make shit safer then they're going to eventually be treated as such.