Gun violence soars in Canada as illegal weapons from the US flow in • FRANCE 24 English

14 hours ago by acargitz to c/canada

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chrisbtoo 11 points 13 hours ago

That'll teach us to send them all that fentanyl or whatever

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ArmchairAce1944 7 points 12 hours ago

But let's keep the expensive and ineffective gun laws and propose more. After all polytechnique and whatever.

Note: I do not oppose all gun laws or gun licensing. I am in favor of the basic licensing scheme (with some modifications). I am not in favor of banning handguns (which have grandfathered by bill c-21 and the previous freeze in 2022) nor am I in favor of banning any firearm by model or action. As they are doing.

It is a massive money sink and it serves no more than expensive security theater and assuaging the fears of the rich so there are fewer potential Canadian Luigis.

I said it. The gun laws along with every other bullshit surveillance law are basically validating every nutcase conspiracy theorists views.

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Wudi 6 points 8 hours ago

Note: I do not oppose all gun laws or gun licensing. I am in favor of the basic licensing scheme (with some modifications). I am not in favor of banning handguns (which have grandfathered by bill c-21 and the previous freeze in 2022) nor am I in favor of banning any firearm by model or action. As they are doing.

Actually, the law was surprisingly effective

About 30% of crime handguns used to come from Canadian stores. Some citizens with a valid possession and acquisition licence used to buy guns and sell them illegally :

https://www.ctvnews.ca/...

https://www.cbc.ca/...

https://www.cbc.ca/...

Now this source of handguns has practically disapeared.

They now exclusively come from the United States.

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ArmchairAce1944 2 points 8 hours ago

None of those say anything about handguns and how many were handguns. Many rifles (arbitrarily) were restricted, too.

Edit: also police have their handguns lost or stolen a lot more often than you think.

Either way it does not justify this law.

Edit2: I looked for your claim that domestic sources disappeared and haven't found anything supporting your claim.

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theacharnian -3 points 10 hours ago

Cop at around 2:30 of the video talks about "straw purhcases", where people who have gone through the system to be eligible to buy guns are passing them on to people who are not eligible.

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ArmchairAce1944 9 points 10 hours ago

Those are already illegal as fuck.

Edit: he was also talking about straw purchases in the US. Not Canada. You are implying that Canadians are straw purchasing for unqualified Canadians. This a lot harder than you think to do without being crushed immediately over here for non-restricted firearms and is impossible to do with restricted.

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RickyRigatoni 5 points 13 hours ago

Revenge for beiber.

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nosuchanon 6 points 13 hours ago

How about revenge for Ted Cruz?

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kibblebits 4 points 12 hours ago

Got a real source not YouTube slop?

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theacharnian 7 points 10 hours ago

What "slop" are you talking about? France 24 is the French public broadcaster, like our CBC. When CBC puts stuff on Youtube, we don't call it "slop". Anyway, here is the same video on their website: https://www.france24.com/...

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kibblebits 4 points 10 hours ago

Non video content.

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theacharnian 2 points 9 hours ago

In that case, no, I don't have a non-video source.

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rwrwefwef 3 points 3 hours ago
  • Shooter claims to want to destroy the West.
  • Kills an Arab policeman
  • Police try to respond
  • They kill a Jew standing nearby

The entire situation is emblematic of the wreck this country is.

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