Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dodged questions Sunday about whether he would repeal the federal government’s handgun ban, a measure brought in to tamp down on the diversion of legal firearms into the hands of bad actors.

Poilievre hasn’t said much during this campaign about what he would do with the Liberal firearms legislation he voted against while in Parliament, but he has blasted the last government’s “assault-style” firearm buyback program as a “gun grab” that he would scrap.

Gun control advocates say any legislation to curb the flow of firearms is a worthy measure to try and reduce incidents of crime and violence. Firearms rights advocates meanwhile say the Liberal suite of policies only punish lawful gun owners who play by the rules.

  • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    A whole lot of whatboutism. We should regulate things that are dangerous and not sit on our hands doing nothing. Canada is way better off without guns.

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        Ad-hominem when someone wants to take away your emotional support pistol? Not a good look.

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          23 hours ago

          Hypocrisy when dishing ad hominems yourself rather than tackling crime or crime guns with evidence based policy.

          I’m sorry that people’s propety hurt your feelings.

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        The evidence shows that gun ownership is positively correlated with more deaths. Your selfish wants does not override everyone’s safety.

        A statistically significant association exists between gun availability and the rates of unintentional firearm deaths, homicides, and suicides. The elevated rates of suicide and homicide among children living in states with more guns is not entirely explained by a state’s poverty, education, or urbanization and is driven by lethal firearm violence, not by lethal nonfirearm violence.

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        Pathetic response that sounds like a veiled threat.

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          2 days ago

          sounds like a veiled threat.

          No. I want you to go away, for precicely these irrational associations.

          You cannot compare American gun juggling dipshit society, with Canadian licensing storage and usage regulations and a culture of general safety and collective cohesion.