Gun control hasn’t been a big issue during the 2025 election like it was in 2021. But it’s still important to assess the gun policies of the two parties leading in the polls.
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.
Please point out any. I know there are models that fit European standards instead of North American, but they aren’t arbitrarily banned because “they look scary.”
Well not, I assumed you were not literally meaning they are banned because they “look scary”… I assumed a more rational interpretation like they “do not meet safety standards and/or do not meet environmental standards”
It’s not a strawman. I am all for gun safety, but the rifles that have been recently “prohibited” are simply models that “look scary” while their sporterized counterparts have had their classification unchanged.
That’s not how legislation is typically written. Anyways, just because someone states their purpose doesn’t mean that’s actually their intentions. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
I’m more than happy to support any measures which actually increase safety, but prohibiting these guns is just for show. Putting forward ineffective legislation like this wastes political capital which could have instead been used to actually make our society safer.
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?
Should we ban cars too? They kill way more people than guns do in Canada.
Unironically, yes. Fuck cars.
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.
are you crazy? there are TONS of models that are changed or cannot be sold in Canada due to a bunch of safety and environmental regulations
Please point out any. I know there are models that fit European standards instead of North American, but they aren’t arbitrarily banned because “they look scary.”
Well not, I assumed you were not literally meaning they are banned because they “look scary”… I assumed a more rational interpretation like they “do not meet safety standards and/or do not meet environmental standards”
I will not find examples to fit your strawman
It’s not a strawman. I am all for gun safety, but the rifles that have been recently “prohibited” are simply models that “look scary” while their sporterized counterparts have had their classification unchanged.
Ok I guess it’s time to be pedantic.
Please show me the part of the legislation that says the weapons are banned due to the fear their appearance may induce.
Or, are you willing to admit this is just your interpretation of a likely imperfect list the government came up with?
That’s not how legislation is typically written. Anyways, just because someone states their purpose doesn’t mean that’s actually their intentions. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
I’m more than happy to support any measures which actually increase safety, but prohibiting these guns is just for show. Putting forward ineffective legislation like this wastes political capital which could have instead been used to actually make our society safer.
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!