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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Don’t have much skin in the game with this discussion, but I disagree here. When they say that, people aren’t thinking there’s a bunch of hunters using AR15s to kill deer. The point, I take away at least, is saying exactly what you agree with - these guns aren’t being used for hunting or other practical purposes. They are for killing.
If the bans imposed are to general and include “useful” weapons that aren’t just designed for mass killing, then I think that’s a fair argument , and one I don’t know enough to say anything about, but I’m pretty sure that’s the point when he says things like that.
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It was a statement designed to mislead the greatest amount of people in the shortest amount of time.
For 2 years now, while my rifles have sat dormant in the safe, missing a dozen or more matches, I've been reading comments on various outlets about how nobody needs automatics, or 30 round magazines to hunt. They talk about high capacity magazines as if they were common place. Making their announcements, Trudeau and Blair were very disingenuous, they made up the term assault style weapon (which is not defined in the firearms act). They never mentioned automatics have been banned for 40 years. The never mentioned centerfire rifles (AR15) have 5 round magazine restrictions. When the Prime Minister makes statements like
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These measures will remove dangerous firearms designed for military use from our communities, and help ensure that Canadian families and communities no longer suffer from gun violence.
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with no mention of criminals or illegal use (shooting people is against the law) he is painting the owners of these firearms as being violent and dangerous and responsible for for the communities suffering from gun violence. You illustrate this perfectly by twice stating they're made for killing. (Bonus points for Mass killing).