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Canada/Trudeau bans 'assault weapons'.....
May 01, 2020, 12:24 PM
tacfoleyCanada/Trudeau bans 'assault weapons'.....
https://abcnews.go.com/Interna...ng/story?id=70428399Yup, As ever, ban the gun and not the person who used it.
Oh wait, the person who used these illegally-acquired guns is dead, Jim.
Never mind, let's take it out on the LEGAL owners instead.
Just as happened here in yUK - twice.
May 01, 2020, 12:25 PM
jhe888This is hardly a surprise, is it?
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. May 01, 2020, 12:26 PM
tacfoleyShoot, I just noticed my post count has passed 10,000.
Can't offer any of you a karma kind of thing, since you've all got everything you could ever want, and you wouldn't want anything that I could give you.
Except, maybe, my deepest and heartfeltest thanks for putting up with me all these years, and I really do mean that.
May 01, 2020, 12:30 PM
2000Z-71Seriously, how does this change anything in Canada? I thought they had already made them illegal.
When I drove the ALCAN I had to submit paperwork for the firearms that I brought across the border. Traditional rifles and shotguns were allowed and just had to be declared. Handguns were listed as, "Restricted" and I had to apply in advance for a permit to transport. Then there was a whole list of, "Prohibited". Basically anything that held more than 10 rounds, assault rifles and handguns with a barrel less than 4.1".
My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. May 01, 2020, 12:32 PM
jljonesAmerica has little they can say about it. We just adopted the “if it saves one life” nation wide and applauded while the Constitution was stomped on.
The same mentality of gun control is on a nationwide level here right now. Extreme situations require extreme measures and whatnot.
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May 01, 2020, 12:40 PM
konata88If we have policies and actions that are debatable but still adhere to the spirit and intent of the constitution, then that's perhaps expected behavior of the nation.
If we have parts of the population that actively work to deprecate the constitution, how is that not considered coup behavior? In the end, we end up with a different country governed under different rules and tenets as prescribed by the original constitution.
Seems like civil war is the trend unless the left comes back in-line. We can't have 2 kings in 1 country.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy
"A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book May 01, 2020, 12:44 PM
BigSwedeThere are so many jealous, progressive, lib US citizens right now
May 01, 2020, 12:46 PM
patwThat is sad but when you have a country who has a certain narrative to set, this happens and the left wants that here. It's too bad that the people can't vote out his security staff and say/vote they can't have any arms listed for defense of him. All for thee,none for me.
May 01, 2020, 01:20 PM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
This is hardly a surprise, is it?
Not in the least.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher May 01, 2020, 01:46 PM
OrthogonalI have spent a lot of time(off and on over five decades) in Canaduh, from B.C. to Quebec and all of the provinces in between. It is blessed with an awesome landscape, regrettably I found the following un-attributable quote to be quite succinct and to the point:
"Without its proximity to the US, Canada would just be a 'cold Guatemala'."
May 01, 2020, 01:48 PM
gibby29Here’s hoping they don’t comply like the New Zealand citizens seem to be doing.
May 01, 2020, 01:51 PM
phydoughFrom what little I've read about this, it looks like Trudeau made it law all by himself. You know, like a dictator.
May 01, 2020, 01:56 PM
46and2Pussy.
May 01, 2020, 02:01 PM
BigSwedequote:
Originally posted by 46and2:
Pussy.
Have had this one in the meme archives for a while now
May 01, 2020, 02:03 PM
ianfroesequote:
Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
Seriously, how does this change anything in Canada? I thought they had already made them illegal.
When I drove the ALCAN I had to submit paperwork for the firearms that I brought across the border. Traditional rifles and shotguns were allowed and just had to be declared. Handguns were listed as, "Restricted" and I had to apply in advance for a permit to transport. Then there was a whole list of, "Prohibited". Basically anything that held more than 10 rounds, assault rifles and handguns with a barrel less than 4.1".
I'm guessing that was quite a while ago. We had a similar ban happen in the early 90's, however the list was never updated. So any newly released firearms that met the requirements were classified as 'non-restricted'. This updated list is to "fix" that. So my Sig 552 will now be a prohibited firearm
All I can say is in the USA, don't give an inch. There are parts of Canadian firearms law that I think are 'common sense', but it ALWAYS leads to more, and eventually confiscation/prohibition. Keep fighting for your 2A folks, and don't give a bloody inch.
May 01, 2020, 02:18 PM
smlsigquote:
Originally posted by tacfoley:
Shoot, I just noticed my post count has passed 10,000.
Can't offer any of you a karma kind of thing, since you've all got everything you could ever want, and you wouldn't want anything that I could give you.
Except, maybe, my deepest and heartfeltest thanks for putting up with me all these years, and I really do mean that.
Tac I think many would agree with me that although we don’t always see eye to eye we enjoy your point of view from the other side of the pond.
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May 01, 2020, 02:48 PM
Elk Hunterquote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
quote:
Originally posted by jhe888:
This is hardly a surprise, is it?
Not in the least.
Yup!
Elk
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"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. "
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FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
May 01, 2020, 02:52 PM
Elk Hunterquote:
Originally posted by ianfroese:
quote:
Originally posted by 2000Z-71:
Seriously, how does this change anything in Canada? I thought they had already made them illegal.
When I drove the ALCAN I had to submit paperwork for the firearms that I brought across the border. Traditional rifles and shotguns were allowed and just had to be declared. Handguns were listed as, "Restricted" and I had to apply in advance for a permit to transport. Then there was a whole list of, "Prohibited". Basically anything that held more than 10 rounds, assault rifles and handguns with a barrel less than 4.1".
I'm guessing that was quite a while ago. We had a similar ban happen in the early 90's, however the list was never updated. So any newly released firearms that met the requirements were classified as 'non-restricted'. This updated list is to "fix" that. So my Sig 552 will now be a prohibited firearm
All I can say is in the USA, don't give an inch. There are parts of Canadian firearms law that I think are 'common sense', but it ALWAYS leads to more, and eventually confiscation/prohibition. Keep fighting for your 2A folks, and don't give a bloody inch.
The only common sense with respect to firearms in this country was covered and explained a long time ago. It is called the Second Amendment! No "adjustments, suggestions" to modify it are illegal. I find it depressing that so many idiots in this country don't know what, "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" means.
Elk
There has never been an occasion where a people gave up their weapons in the interest of peace that didn't end in their massacre. (Louis L'Amour)
"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical. "
-Thomas Jefferson
"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." Alexis de Tocqueville
FBHO!!!
The Idaho Elk Hunter
May 01, 2020, 03:34 PM
TSEIf anyone wants a laugh have a read through the prohibitions:
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr.../sor-dors96-eng.htmlIt's obvious there are a bunch of bureaucrats that know nothing about firearms drafting this stuff. By the way Javelin and TOW missile launchers are now prohibited as firearms. So are WWII anti tank rifles and a list of mortars and RPGs. In fact they have added so many non firearms to the list it's questionable why they called it a firearms act.
Shitty legislation drafted by idiots meant to reduce crime but essentially just punishing gun owners for living.
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