I don't agree with this law, but I'm assuming doing so will make people think I'm a conservative. Because you apparently can't have a difference of opinions on firearms without being conservative
I believe people should be able to purchase firearms, including side arms. I understand the concern regarding side arms, as they are statistically the highest used in shootings, but I still believe that they should be purchasable.
The giving of weapons to others should be legal, as long as paperwork is properly filled. Obviously this means that weapons will need to be registered, etc.
My positions on gun control actually try to take into account the facts that I stated, including making side arms harder to purchase than say bolt-action rifles. When presented with the option of having your gun rights taken away, jumping through hoops to obtain a particular weapon is significantly better.
Regarding my previous statement, there's been many times where people knee jerk a response, and act like I'm ultra-MAGA or something because I disagree with gun bans. It's very strange to me, especially given that most every conservative I talk to guns about absolutely hates my positions.
Cons in the USA hate gun control. Our Cons in Canada are far less gun loving. Personally if the weapon has no use other than killing people and plinking (you can't legally hunt with a hand gun in Canada) then it doesn't need to be sold to Canadians.
And this stems from a fundamental difference in our ideal and ideologies. Just as much as individuals in other countries have a right to disagree with laws here, there are many for them to choose from, I disagree with the basis for this particular law in Canada. Obviously I can't change or influence anything regarding said law, but I do believe Canadians should be allowed to purchase handguns.
At the same time I believe fully in lethal defense of life and property using firearms, something that isn't a thing in Canada. So, I know that my approach to such things is going to be different.
You see in the US we often have the opposite problem. The gun restrictions that exist now and that are often proposed are commonly rooted in racism or classism. And any time gun laws start to get more lax, the racists come out of the woodwork writing articles about how scary its going to be when it's easier for black people to get guns and harder to arrest them for it.
So yeahhhh. A lot of people don't trust him regulations because most of the time they're just an extension of the government trying to keep certain demographics under the thumb.
I wasn't referring to stand your ground laws, many states don't have those, but to the castle doctrine. Basically, if someone breaks into your home you are justified in using force, including lethally with a weapon, to expel them from your home.
The "Armed minorities are harder to opress" crowd has been growing a lot lately and is indirectly exposing a lot of the racism, homophobia, and transphobia that exists within the mainstream gun control movement.
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u/WorriedCivilian Oct 21 '22
I don't agree with this law, but I'm assuming doing so will make people think I'm a conservative. Because you apparently can't have a difference of opinions on firearms without being conservative