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.
Justin Trudeau is shaping up to be a hard-core authoritatian tyrant.
I wonder when he appoints himself Prime-Minister-For-Life.
Says the guy that is protected by a bunch of other guys with guns.
This has to be a WEF talking point. Macron said the same thing in France.
This is of course pure lunacy. Self Defense is a human right.
Not an idiot, but a commie. Commies gonna commie.
Shoot, Shovel, Shut Up.
He’s an insane dictator.
Self-protection is just a form of sport shooting. And the other way around is true as well.
Maybe he knows how to FraudTheVote?
Protecting Violent Imported Africans and Muslims From Canadians Act of Canada
Funny how America would cross the world to overthrow what we considered to be “tyrannical” governments for “democracy”, and ignore the Mother F’ing tyrannical bastards along our Northern border.
I’ll bet they can use weapons in a civil war though, or so I think.
In Canada, you can kill a wild animal that is trying to kill you as long as you say you are hunting it.
As far as people go, you can not defend yourself or your family with a gun if another criminal who does not care about Canada’s dumb gun laws or any other Canada law wishes to attack you. You have to call the cops or the government and hope someone shows up before you are dead.
No, not all...just other people's...
The difference in American and Canadian cultures.....in the late 1700s, Americans fought the world's most powerful military for eight bloody years and won their independence. Canadians received their independence basically when the British got tired of them in the same manner a mother gets tired of her 40 year old son living in her basement.
how did such a wonderful nation as Canada get such an idiot for a PM?
Trudeau: Getting raped has to be accepted by Canadian women.
It was his British ancestors in the 1770’s that created the need for the 2A.
So ok to hunt a “Trudeau”.
Quite the sport it would be : )
Per Trudeau you can’t use firearms to for SELF protection in Canada. So if an assassin or terrorists attack him, his heavily armed guards can use firearms to protect HIM, but if the assassin or terrorists succeed in taking him out, and are still slaughtering security, the guards have to put away their firearms. They mustn’t use firearms for self-protection. D’oh Canada.
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