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sl8

(16,273 posts)
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 08:19 PM Oct 2022

"People can no longer buy, sell, or transfer handguns within Canada ..."




Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau

Officiel du gouvernement - Canada

Update: People can no longer buy, sell, or transfer handguns within Canada – and they cannot bring newly acquired handguns into the country.

12:56 PM · Oct 21, 2022
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"People can no longer buy, sell, or transfer handguns within Canada ..." (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP
A nearby neighbor with a degree of sanity . . . nt AndyS Oct 2022 #1
Interesting, I thought Canada would be lower on the Abolishinist Oct 2022 #2
Sharing a relatively open border with a country that has few national gun safety laws... Spazito Oct 2022 #3
Sounds to me that Canada should Abolishinist Oct 2022 #5
Actually, the solution would be for the US to actually address the... Spazito Oct 2022 #6
Yay locks Oct 2022 #4
No Canadian version of the NRA? Bayard Oct 2022 #7

Abolishinist

(2,071 posts)
2. Interesting, I thought Canada would be lower on the
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 08:45 PM
Oct 2022

list of gun deaths per capita, and even though they are only 10% or so compared to US, they are still much higher than countries such as the UK and Japan, whose rates are only 10% of Canada's, i.e. 1% of ours.

Whatever, good for them. Hard to imagine anymore what it would truly be like to live in a 'civilized' country/world.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-us-gun-violence-world-comparison/?leadSource=uverify%20wall

Spazito

(54,832 posts)
3. Sharing a relatively open border with a country that has few national gun safety laws...
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 09:44 PM
Oct 2022

is one of the reasons our gun deaths are higher than they should be given the laws we have. Smuggling is big and US hand guns find their way here all too often. This additional safety restriction will help but won't completely address the issue and that won't happen unless the US adopts sensible gun safety laws as well, imo.

Abolishinist

(2,071 posts)
5. Sounds to me that Canada should
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 11:02 PM
Oct 2022

'build a wall' to stem the invasion from their southern border.

Obviously, the U.S. is NOT sending its best. They're bringing narcotics. They're bringing ignorance. They're bringing overpriced prescription drugs

Spazito

(54,832 posts)
6. Actually, the solution would be for the US to actually address the...
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 11:05 PM
Oct 2022

issue by instituting common sense gun safety laws which, from the polls, the vast majority of Americans support, that would help both countries. We've done our part, the rest is up to you guys.

locks

(2,012 posts)
4. Yay
Fri Oct 21, 2022, 09:59 PM
Oct 2022

A country is doing the right thing. If only the US had learned many years ago that guns are manufactured for only one reason: to kill.

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