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Originally Posted by Envitro
No, the OIC is entirely the wrong mechanism for this and they're trying to use one phrase "in the opinion of" to push a political and idealogical agenda, which you so clearly agree with, to dispossess millions of Canadians of their rightfully acquired property under the pretence of "security for all Canadians", when there is no proof that this will make a single person safer or save a single life.
I could throw all sorts of stats your way but the facts clearly don't matter.
It is very clearly stated in the rest of the firerarms act that only legislation can explicitly make firearms prohibited or restricted, and OIC's are supposed to be used for minor administrative adjustments that were missed by legislation.
Are you telling me that something that's this disruptive, this expensive (probably going to cost $3-5 billion to administer, execute, and confiscate from legal gun owners) is not supposed to be legislated??
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“The facts clearly don’t matter”.... right, the seems to be the view of yourself and Flames Gimp who are getting their information from obviously unbiased sources like the sport shooting association right? Right. Again, the OIC is the right tool for this, whether you agree with the process or not. Whether you have a problem with the fact that this decision can be made by the federal cabinet or not, it can be made by then.
Can you point us to the specific section or copy and paste the wording in the firearms act that leads you to believe individual models can only be prohibited through legislation?
Maybe I’m misunderstanding your last point, but items such as the buyback program which will cost the government money do need to come before parliament and go through the “typical” channels. Multiple parts of what Trudeau proposed will be legislated, but adding to the list of items won’t be, because it doesn’t have to be, regardless of your feelings on the matter.
Suggesting I agree with the ideological agenda might make you feel better, but at the end of the day there’s right and there’s wrong, and gun owners desperately want Trudeau to have gone about this the wrong way and it’s just.... not founded. You don’t have to be anti-gun to see that.