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.
The guy is an idiot. Seriously, an idiot. How does he feed and clothe himself without assistance being this disconnected from reality?
Hey, I was shooting imaginary skeet and this criminal just jumped in the way.= = =
Good idea.
Post signs on your perimeter fence:
Warning — Skeet Range Boundary
GFYS!
Yep...As well as any US state without Constitutional Carry...
and Trudeau has COVID again ,he’ll need more vaccine , someone top him off he’s down a quart
It would give the target a splitting headache.
Are politicians considered vermin?
Most of them, for sure!!!!
Criminals: The pickings are easy in Canada....no right to bear arms or defend one’s self. Go there.
Globalism means never having to say there is such a thing as a better place.
Papa Fidel would be proud!
Canadians keep voting this idiot into office, so in essence, they deserve what they get.
F OFF TrUECOMMI!
How do we know that the Canadian elections are not fraudulent also?? The WEF is working very hard at screwing with elections world wide!! I frankly trust NO ELECTIONS anywhere anymore!! The election in Hungary was an absolute divine intervention WEF wanted him gone in the worst way HOWEVER the people of Hungary came out in droves!! It is also much easier to control and watch elections in a very small country, although I don’t think the election in Israel was on the up and up and it is a very small country!!
They don’t. His district votes for him, and then his party in Parliament designate him as leader. It’s like Nancy Pelosi was President.
“Justin Trudeau claimed that the right to self-defense with a gun does not exist in Canada.”
Where’s Lee Harvey Oswald when you need him?
Trudeau just forked over Canadian gun dealers and importers.
Canadian version of brandon.
How about using them for shooting tyrants?
CC
I have absolutely no expectations of Canadians. Spineless jellyfish.
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