Canada's Trudeau announces plan to ban handgun purchases in the fall, followed by mandatory 'buybacks' aka confiscations

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    [–]portace 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    first step to an actual solution is taking guns away from criminals, but the government would never disarm itself

    [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Luckily, mass shootings are a problem that almost doesn't exist in Canada. And a big part of the reason for that is because we never had the unfettered access to weapons that there is in the USA. It's too late for them to put their genie back in the bottle, so I've got no opinion on their situation regarding gun control.

    Also, you're still allowed to have a hunting rifle in Canada and keep it in your home. This law won't change that.

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      [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      Yes it could, you are right. And it has in Canada (note above where I said almost doesn't exist). The worst in our modern history happened a couple of years ago in my province. The guy did it with just a couple of handguns. 22 dead.

      [–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Also, I agree with you on the garbage practice of the media amplifying mass shooters' names. In the above mass shooting, we clamped down by general accord pretty quickly on saying his name. I don't even remember it. When it's mentioned in online conversations, we mostly either focus on the victims, or we refer to him as 'that piece of shit'.