Should we ban hammers too?
Bad faith as it can get.
Should we ban cars too? They kill way more people than guns do in Canada.
We have age restrictions, licensing requirements, and laws that revoke your ability to drive under some conditions so ya. Just like gun laws.
Actually, not like gun laws because we don’t ban “scary looking” models of vehicles. In generally we don’t even ban provably deadlier models or limit their usage based on need. Any idiot can buy a jacked-up F150 and drive it on any public road.
We block new cars that have the wrong color indicator lights or the wrong color of seatbelt button. We block cars from other countries that don’t have a preset to have the headlights on.
The jacked up F150 still has laws about its road worthiness, still can be taken off the road, especially if the operator does something stupid with it.
Ya the more you talk about it the BETTER it sounds that we get more specific laws about guns just like cars.
Lets add inspections when you cross provinces.
Restrict its use if too loud.
What if the operator shoots it too rapidly? Get a license revocation for a period of time maybe longer?
Sounds perfect!
Ban those guns. We need to stop the violence!
As a gun owner I can say with certainty that the gun laws are already more than enough. Stricter laws would do nothing but punish law abiding citizens. We aren’t 'murica. The only guns allowed to the public are simple rifles with 5 round mags at most. Anybody hell bent on causing violence would either use a melee weapon or be breaking the law to obtain/hack an automatic weapon or pistol with increased capacity despite being restricted.
It’s a quick and easy way to sound ‘tough on crime’ for the average person who doesn’t know better but in reality the only thing they can do is stop smuggling at the US border and that is a matter of Border Patrol budgeting and staff, not more laws. With the orange doofus demanding stricter border controls this is going to happen regardless of who gets voted in.
Ya, I’m a lefty city dweller who also happens to be a gun owner. If you have gone through what it takes to get your license I believe most people will realize that the rules are fine.
Edit: pre the most recent liberal bans I mean. The total ban on handguns and specific scary black guns is quite ridiculous. I own an SKS and I’m just waiting for it to be banned.
Now I have also been to several ranges where I meet morons and start to question if they should own guns, but I’m not worried about them committing crimes, I’m just worried about accidents.
