• Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I’m pretty sure the handbun ban is more of allowing municipalities to make that decision for themselves no? Large metropolitan cities are much different than smaller rural communities and should be able to ban the ownership, sale and possession of them don’t you think?

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      7 hours ago

      No… there is a total sale of handgun ban across canada right now. It’s illegal to transfer possession of a handgun to someone else, period.

      If you already own them you’re still allowed to own them. Handguns are already and will always be restricted firearms which means they ONLY can be fired at the range and the rest of the time they have to quite literally be locked to an immovable object, in a case with a trigger lock or action lock.

      You also have to keep the rcmp informed of their location at all times.

      Legal handgun owners are not the ones causing gun violence in large cities.

      I say this as a leftist gun owner. The liberals recent gun policies only punish law abiding citizens. It has no effect on the actual gun violence in canada.

      >1% of gun violence is caused by legally acquired guns and registered gun owners. Of that 1%, 80% is suicide.

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        7 hours ago

        I understand that legal handgun owners are not the problem, but that it’s the illegal ones coming over the border. The original bill the liberals wanted to pass did say that municipalities will be able to determine if they want to ban handgun ownership in their cities though if I’m not mistaken. I’m for any new laws that gives law enforcement more tools and regulations to curb illegal handgun smuggling into this country through.

        Again, I understand that LEGAL handgun owners are not the problem, but municipalities should be able to make that call for themselves if handguns should be legal or not to own within their boundaries.

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          6 hours ago

          Ya it’s weird the illegal gun owner’s will continue to ignore those bylaws as well. I really don’t understand the liberals war on legal

          Guns being regulated at the federal level is part of the reason Canada’s gun laws are so much better than the US where it’s regulated by county. So at least the ban doesn’t break that.

          It’s already a felony to illegally possess a firearm. So banning legally acquired ones is effectively putting legal gun owners in the crosshairs of the law, punishing lawful behavior.

          😢

          Funding border patrol and cargo inspection is going to be infinitely more effective.

          Although the real reason we have a war on legal gun owners is realistically it’s impossible to curb the flow of illegal firearms and by going arfter legal ownership, the liberals appear to be doing something to stop the violence. It’s performative, they also know most liberal voters aren’t gun owners.

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            5 hours ago

            They can ignore those bylaws, sure. But giving the police more tools and means to curb those illegal guns coming in is a good thing no?