Posted on 06/13/2022 11:53:32 AM PDT by Signalman
Amidst his push to freeze handgun purchases in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claimed that the right to self-defense with a gun does not exist in Canada.
Trudeau told the left-wing podcast “Pod Save America” that in Canada guns can be used for hunting or recreational shooting, but not self-defense. He made these comments when comparing Canadian gun culture to that in the United States.
“We have a culture where the difference is, guns can be used for hunting or for sport shooting in Canada, and there are lots of gun owners, and they’re mostly law-respecting and law-abiding, but you can’t use a gun for self-protection in Canada,” Trudeau said. “That’s not a right that you have in the Constitution or anywhere else.”
The Prime Minister lamented that American-style arguments surrounding gun rights are filtering into Canada.
“But there’s a difference around the culture,” he continued, “and one of the things that we’re seeing with the debate in the States is you get more and more of the American-style, you know right-to-carry, self-defense arguments filtering up through the usual more right-wing communications channels.”
Last month Trudeau introduced new gun control legislation that would pause handgun purchases in Canada.
“We’re introducing legislation to implement a national freeze on handgun ownership. It will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer, or import handguns anywhere in Canada. In other words, we’re capping the market for handguns,” Trudeau said.
The announcement followed a spate of shootings in the United States, including the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas that resulted in the deaths of 19 children and two teachers. Trudeau alluded to the U.S. shootings when introducing the legislation.
The Supreme Court of Canada stated in a 1993 decision that “Canadians, unlike Americans, do not have a constitutional right to bear arms,” according to CBC.
What if, purely for sport, I use a gun to kill people trying to hurt or kill me??????
If I were in Canada, I’d be planning my move out!
hitler, stalin, mao, pol pot, Kim Jong-un, castro, madero all said pretty much the same thing
So, I can kill vermin with my gun. . . like low-lifes trying to steal from me or hurt me
And the western provinces? Trump should call for Quebec independence. It won’t solve Canada’s problems but it will be fun to watch.
All this honesty on this topic lately is refreshing.
7secs of mass hysteria at an anti 2nd Amendment rally today in DC, a crowd of lemmings stampede because someone somewhere thought someone was open carrying in the most gun restricted location in the country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nINwyniboO4
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Why do Canadians vote for this loser creep?????
Oh, ‘pod save America’? Isn’t jen sackee o💩 associated with that? Or spewed hate and discontent there at least.
How about throwing knives?
Criminals vote to give trueDOH a darwin award.
“That bear that broke down my front door turned out to be an armed burglar, my bad.”
Doesn’t TruDOH have to off himself in a spectacularly stupid manner to be eligible for a Darwin Award?
“I was just hunting burglars in my own front room when suddenly he popped up from behind the couch. Got ‘em.”
LOL, through tears falling for a once great country.
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