Um... duh

At that time, aside from the government's ability to place more soldiers on the field, the only major difference between civilians and the army were cannons.
Naturally, things are much different now. I'm having a hell of a time getting my drone of the ground with a remote-controlled Ma-Deuce attached to it...

 

You are an asshole and a fool, going pretty far out there to comstrue this into some kind of 'gotcha' response.

Go fuck yourself

 

My kid is freaking out about this. Him and his dad are huge gun lovers. They are responsible gun owners though, everything registered, locked up, stored safely. My ex is the weapons specialist for the force. But because of this new law, he’s going to have to surrender his guns for “fair compensation” which is never what it’s worth. I love that Canada reacts to each tragedy and tries to make our country safer, but it’s also not really fair to those who have followed all the laws.

 

You cannot be fucking serious. You can't get 100 round magazine in the top one and you can in the bottom. The scope o n the top one is just in the way if your intent is to kill as many people as possible the fastest at short range. I cannot believe you even asked this let alone try to support it.

And what I think what is missing here is if you think the reaction in Canada is going to be bad it will pale in comparison to the right wing meltdown in the US.

There will be much shitting of pants over this because the NRA and US gun industry has invested a very great deal in trying to make sure our northern neighbor doses not get so restrictive it make the US look bad.

 

Interesting how all these non-Canadians all of a sudden have views!

It’s about time. We don’t need automatic weapons in Canada. Hunting kit, sure.

There will be debate and reaction about it, for sure, but we’re not talking about collecting Pokémon, ffs. I’m glad he took the step, it’s about time someone had the balls to.

No, it won’t eliminate contraband, but it’ll make it a lot easier to get rid of them when they’re found.

 

The problem with the "hunting" standard is there are other very valid reasons to own a gun which includes self defense.

And the argument in the US is when it comes to self defense at close range you want the bottom one not the top one.


I do not personally prescribe to that argument and don't even have a loaded gun in my house anymore. But it is an instant defeat for the hunting argument in the US at least. Especially since no matter how you read the Second Amendment it is not about hunting it is about defense.

 

The RCMP has confirmed that the Nova Scotia shooter used firearms obtained illegally in Canada and from U.S. sources to carry out his crimes. He was not licensed to own firearms.

So how would any of these new laws that Canada intends to pass prevent this shooting or others in the future?

 

@CS natureboy

Well the problem you point out is the same one the anti gun movement faces here.

Laws do not stop gun deaths.
But, it does make these people feel better about themselves. No matter the only people who will obey the law are the responsible gun owners, you know, who aren't going to run around killing anyway.

 

I don't think that gun laws would stop certain people from using them but it's ridiculous to say that it wouldn't reduce the amount of killings we have.
It's only common sense.

 

By using that same reasoning, if the amount of automobiles are reduced the amount of drunk driving fatalities should go down.

Or would it???

I know this is not comparing apples to apples, but it does make the argument that if you don't eliminate them all, the problem will always exist.

Man kind has a very long history of violence. Unfortunately this violent behavior will always be around until the inevitable end of the human race.

 

Let the Canadians ban whatever firearms they want. Just makes it easier for us to take over when we invade.

 

We're invading Canada!!??
Why?

In Gods name WHY!!
If we had to invade someone, why not Mexico??
Why Canada for Gods sake??

 

In ancient times You had a one in six chance of being hacked to death by a neighbor tribe looking to steal your food or women. The chances are being killed by firearms are well beyond significantly lower!

 

So ! The weapons he reportedly used were illegal !! Wait what ???? They were illegal? So that accomplished what exactly? Nothing ! Making more laws is going to accomplish what exactly? Nothing ? Btw I didn't know owning Fire was illegal, when did that happen ? Better start arresting those smokers with butane lighters, they might kill someone by setting their house on fire!

 

1812 never happened.

 

About 7 years ago in Mexico, The cartels in a couple of Mexican States on the Pacific side got to the point where they would kidnap children and demand ransoms, rape teenage daughters if they couldn't pay up, and all manner of unspeakable acts. The citizens had finally had enough, and with the help of a Mexican who had become an American citizen, they formed Militia's, and with what arms they could muster took control of the corrupt local and Federale Police stations, put all the cops in their own jails, confiscated their weapons and took on the Cartels, and taking weapons from them as they killed them. Embarrased Mexican authorities were unable to do much about it. The Militia's finally had the Cartel trapped and were bent on killing them all. Mexican Authorities finally negotiated a deal with the Militia's to let the Mexican Army take care of the Cartel.
The Militia's handed over their prisoners to the Mexican Army, returned the confiscated weapons, but refused to surrender their own arms. They did finally agree to keep them in their own armory.
It was pretty big news around 2013 for a few days, and most of it was quickly suppressed, but you can still google a few stories about it, except the Press has relabled them as vigilantes and not the correct term Militias.

 

The Second Amendment is the MOST IMPORTANT AMENDMENT ! It is the tool of last resort, that maintains the preservation of all of the amendments!

 

Dude.

Canada doesn’t have a second amendment.

 

According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, in the United States the murder rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 5.3. In Canada it is 1.8. So, the Canadians are already doing things correctly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Stricter gun control laws would make it even harder for potential murders to get guns in Canada.