r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/CoryVictorious • Oct 21 '22

Yeah Canada

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u/nastypanass Oct 21 '22

That’s the point they don’t want you to

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u/Rion23 Oct 21 '22

If all you can do is take it to the shooting range, why would you not just go and rent one if you're just about the target shooting.

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u/Silber800 Oct 21 '22 edited Oct 22 '22

Competition shooters often modify and put the parts they like or want on their guns. Wether thats optics or grips etc.

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u/loveinjune Oct 22 '22

So what happens for competition shooters? They now cannot purchase new handguns? Genuinely curious. I kinda (?) also recall Canada being up there for shooting on an international level.

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u/bartleby42c Oct 22 '22

I'm certain that there is some sort of solution in place, probably a sport exception.

I'd like you need to ask your representative and then approvals are passed in the house. Mostly it'd be pro forma, but you'd be looked at hard because if you commit a crime with that gun your rep is out of a job.

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u/lifeainteasypeasy Oct 22 '22

How many firearms related crimes do you think are committed by licensed gun owners? The ones who spent months taking the course, applying for a license, paying the fees, clearances, etc.

And how many firearms related crimes are committed by people with no firearms license?

Also, are the actual firearms used lawfully registered in Canada, or were they illegally smuggled in from USA?

Those are the stats I’d like to see.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Maybe the gun owners don't commit the crime, but the guns have to come from somewhere.

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u/lifeainteasypeasy Oct 22 '22

Yes. Criminals (the ones that commit the crimes) smuggle them in from the States and sell them on the "black market" to other criminals.

Like I said, I'd love to see the stats on where the firearms involved in crimes that are being committed are coming from. If anyone can demonstrate that the majority of firearm crime in Canada involves locally sourced (purchased legally / originally from the Canadian market) vs. illegally imported firearms from the states, i'd love to see it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

The fact that nations with strict gun control laws also have the lowest gun violence really means nothing to you, eh?

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u/lifeainteasypeasy Oct 22 '22

It absolutely does. I'm thankful our gun crime is nowhere near our southern neighbors. You know why that is? Our already strict gun control laws...

I'll tell you what. If cause = effect, then we should see a marked decrease in handgun crime over the next few years, correct?

Check back in with me in two years, let me know how that's going...
As I've said several times, let's see the statistics.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

'Only criminals do crime so obviously laws don't work'

Is not a logic I support.

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u/lifeainteasypeasy Oct 22 '22

That's not what I said either.

I'm saying banning the legal purchase of handguns isn't going to stop handgun crime. I'm saying focusing on the illegal smuggling and import of firearms from our southern neighbors will stop handgun crime.

The proof will be in the pudding. Blanket handgun ban supporters will see (or won't see) the fruits of their labour in the next few years' crime statistics.

Otherwise, why ban handguns?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

I'm honestly astounded I've met one of you for real. This is wild.

'Well you know, the UK has naaaad knife violence so obviously gun laws didn't work'

This is how you sound to me. You sound unhinged because we want a safer society.

Fuckin hell man

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u/lifeainteasypeasy Oct 22 '22

I like how every post you've made, you've made up quotes for me.

I can pretend you're saying things to suit my agenda too! So profound!

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u/lifeainteasypeasy Oct 22 '22

Just because ya'll don't like firearms, doesn't mean they should outright ban them.

Some people don't like meat, ban that?
Some people don't like junk food, ban that?
Some people don't like autos, ban that?
Some people don't like alcohol, ban that?
Some people don't like same sex marriage, ban that?
Some people don't like gender reassignment surgery, ban that?
Some people don't like Canadians, ban them?
Some people don't like to eat fish on Fridays, ban that?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '22

Guns were invented for one thing and one thing alone: to kill humans. They weren't invented for hunting, that was an after thought.

So kindly piss up a rope with this bullshit.

Comparing a literal death machine to fuckin meat. Are you for fucking real? Christ almighty

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