created by sleipnir45 on 12/03/2025 at 10:49 UTC
827 upvotes, 99 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by AutoModerator at 12/03/2025 at 10:49 UTC
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Comment by MrHardin86 at 12/03/2025 at 12:41 UTC
1 upvotes, 16 direct replies
Canada does not have a legal gun problem.
Comment by Inevitable-Click-129 at 12/03/2025 at 11:14 UTC
199 upvotes, 7 direct replies
I believe the latest stats are over 100 million spent on the program and so far 7500 guns have been collected. All of them were from businesses who had been sitting on inventory they could not sell for half a decade now. Last I heard none of them have been paid for that inventory as of yet from the govt. the 100 million has been spend on fees, consultants and setting up a program that has Taken half a decade and hasn’t even been really launched yet! On top of that they have just moved the amnesty period back again for owners of these firearms from October 2025 to 2026!
Comment by TheVaneja at 12/03/2025 at 10:59 UTC
543 upvotes, 33 direct replies
I honestly think the Liberals need to stop being so focused on guns. I'm not a fan of guns at all, but I recognize they have value and are needed by a not insignificant number of Canadians.
More importantly gun crime isn't as big a problem in Canada as the US.
The Liberals would erase a big Conservative talking point by reducing the fight against guns and focusing more on reasons why people would have them illegally in the first place. The best way to fight crime is reducing the value of crime not by making criminals have to be smarter and sneakier and be more desperate.
Comment by TheWaySheGoes23 at 12/03/2025 at 12:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Don't worry guys, criminals will still keep their firearms.
Imagine spending BILLIONS to disarm legal gun owners who legally purchased these firearms.
These same people (R/PAL holders), are background checked TWICE daily, and are statistically less likely to commit ANY crime as compared to those who do not hold an R/PAL license.
This is a virtuous joke. A joke that cost billions. The only thing it does is make people feel good.
Comment by Dirtsniffee at 12/03/2025 at 12:55 UTC
1 upvotes, 3 direct replies
So is carney sticking with this?
Comment by GlassSponges at 12/03/2025 at 13:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
What problem is this solving? We have a rigorous system in place. Very low gun violence. The minimal violence we do have isn't the majority with illegal guns?
This seems like a weird piece to push through. We have other real priorities.
Comment by Laika_2021 at 12/03/2025 at 12:39 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Who is asking for this especially at this moment? I don’t believe that now is the time to be disarming Canadians with all the threats and uncertainty especially from our southern neighbour. I’m generally left leaning but this is one area which I fully disagree with the current failed “gun-control” policies of the liberal party. If they really want to fight violent crime they need to focus on illegal (likely American) firearms and organized crime groups. Punishing legal and law abiding gun owning citizens isn’t going to help their cause.
Comment by Rocko604 at 12/03/2025 at 13:12 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Gotta make the urbanites in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal feel safe, no matter what.
Comment by Xenophonehome at 12/03/2025 at 14:37 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This is one of the reasons I won't be voting liberal
Comment by rune_74 at 12/03/2025 at 15:08 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Just remember Carney supports this lol.
Comment by MetricsFBRD at 12/03/2025 at 16:14 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
LPC government: Less than 1% of fentanyl comes from Canada, so tariffs are not justified!
The very same LPC government: Less than 1% of firearms used in crimes are legal guns, so banning more legal guns is justified!
They are no different from Trump.
Comment by city_posts at 12/03/2025 at 12:23 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A man who worked for a guy wrangling company in film was caught smuggling real, full functional guns from USA into Canada, under the guise of his work. He had smuggled in hundreds of guns at this point.
The judge sentence him to less than 5 years. He got out in 2.5 years.
He should have gotten 40 years. Out in 20. His crime allows other more violent and heinous crimes to occur. Crimes of have, of rage. That judge fucked up.
The justice system failed us.
Gun bans do nothing
Comment by Hasbaya5 at 12/03/2025 at 14:12 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
This is really disappointing. The liberals need to reverse this hardline stance on legal gun owners. They are not the problem.
Comment by DogeDoRight at 12/03/2025 at 11:01 UTC
79 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This ban is a multi-billion dollar boondoggle in the making. It will do absolutely nothing to reduce gun violence. This money would be much better spent on addressing the root causes of violence and keeping Americans guns from being smuggled into Canada.
Comment by Character-One5388 at 12/03/2025 at 14:50 UTC
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Liberals fear their own people more than they fear Trump
Comment by Zeddyy101 at 12/03/2025 at 13:40 UTC
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Gangsters don't shop at Bass Pro. Pointless.
Comment by Legitimate_Square941 at 12/03/2025 at 11:04 UTC
58 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What a waste of money. Crimes are not commited with these guns the illegal guns coming across from America are the problem. But that is hard to solve considering most come through a reserve.
Comment by Ok_Front_7814 at 12/03/2025 at 11:30 UTC
40 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Crimes are pretty much always commited with unregisyered firearms, mostly stolen or imported... banning canadian firearms feels like they just don't want us to be able to actually hunt or protect ourselves...
Comment by ChunderBuzzard at 12/03/2025 at 11:28 UTC
76 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Destroying the firearms industry is part of the objective of these bans. They want the shooting ranges, manufacturers and retailers out of business. Liberals see headlines like these and think "our plan is working"
Comment by MissKrys2020 at 12/03/2025 at 12:44 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The guns that are the problems are the ones being smuggled into the Canada from the US. Plus, we might need them for the invasion, lol
Comment by varsil at 12/03/2025 at 15:45 UTC
1 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Canadian firearms lawyer here, ask me anything about the bans, Canadian firearm experience, etc.
Comment by swampswing at 12/03/2025 at 11:11 UTC
60 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The war on firearm ownership (this isn't about gun control as we already had a highly effective gun control system) in the face of a threat of annexation seems absurd and divisive. Especially when these guys seem to be thrown around the "treason" word constantly. Disarming a populace prior to a a threatened annexation seems kinda like sabotaging out ability to rebel against said annexation, which would kinda be...um...
Comment by Lumpy-Telephone7352 at 12/03/2025 at 11:31 UTC
23 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Welp this is the wrong time to take Canadian’s guns away now, isn’t it.
Comment by NeoShogo at 12/03/2025 at 11:56 UTC
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Manitoba just convinced Amazon to stop selling machetes and long blades to Manitoba addresses. We have multiple groups of youths going around ambushing/stabbing people (some randomly), and their solution is to not solve the root issue. As a Manitoban, I burst out laughing when I saw that, we're so cooked 😂 God help us all.