Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dodged questions Sunday about whether he would repeal the federal government’s handgun ban, a measure brought in to tamp down on the diversion of legal firearms into the hands of bad actors.

Poilievre hasn’t said much during this campaign about what he would do with the Liberal firearms legislation he voted against while in Parliament, but he has blasted the last government’s “assault-style” firearm buyback program as a “gun grab” that he would scrap.

Gun control advocates say any legislation to curb the flow of firearms is a worthy measure to try and reduce incidents of crime and violence. Firearms rights advocates meanwhile say the Liberal suite of policies only punish lawful gun owners who play by the rules.

  • OldTellus@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    It’s insane to me that he keeps pushing for policy changes that we know either don’t work, or are fundamentally dangerous to the general public. So much of what he pushes has been done in the states for years with horrible results.

    The fact that these idiots look at them and say “lax gun laws, private healthcare, punishing prisons with a broken justice system, tax breaks for the wealthy. Seems to work in the states” fuck me, Americans have been trying to change this shit for years and he’s sprinting right towards it.

    • OminousOrange@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      That’s the whole “common sense Conservatives” schtick. It effectively translates to, “just trust us, don’t look at the data, we’re definitely doing this for the good of the people and not solely those who line our pockets.”

      Their base, often with limited critical thinking ability, is happy to lap it up as it means they don’t have to use their brain.