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Originally Posted by Azure
Yup. Obviously breaking those laws and actually being caught are two different things as well. There is nothing stopping me from taking my handgun and going for target practice on my land. Also, people would be surprised what passes off as a restricted weapon and what doesn't.
I think the most important thing about Canadian gun laws are the 8-12 week background check and training requirements. It makes a huge difference.
However, culturally we are a much different country as well. Even the people I know that own a lot of firearms and love to hunt and go skeet shooting are not 'this is my RIGHT' type of people. It is just something they enjoy doing.
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true... in looking over the list of prohibited guns, there's actually a lot of pretty serious firepower that i didn't realize people could own here.... but people do, and they do pretty responsibly...
and i consider myself very much pro-gun control...
i think its too late in the US: the political "debate" is so partisan and there are so many politicians more than happy to conflate false narratives ("the government wants to take away our guns before they take away our Freedoms") there's not a lot of hope.
again, if they can't pass laws banning assault rifles or even extended magazines after Sandy Hook, or not allowing people on the terrorism watch list to purchase guns after Orlando, there's not a f'n prayer for any kind of substantive change...Ever