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Originally Posted by Leeman4Gilmour
I appreciated your entire perspective, but this part jumped out at me so I Googled it. It looks like this discussion is already happening ;
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ings-1.6562076
The fact people are printing guns does not surprise me, but I had never given much thought to the big picture of this fact. Certainly adds a wrinkle into gun control when bad guys can just print weapons. |
Right now it's just the tip of the iceberg, but outright banning handguns is just going to create a massive cottage industry in Canada of untraceable weapons. And it will snowball. It's not the organized Criminals that worry me as much, as they will just get firearms illegally from the US. It's the fact that basically ANYONE with any sort of inkling will be able to get one with zero background checks very easily without having to deal with dark, seedy individuals. The disgruntled employee, jaded spouse, kid with a bone to pick with bullies..... it will be instantly accessible.
Without this ban, or 'freeze' as they want to call it, 99% of people would go through the regular channels, get an RPAL, and buy a brand name, safe, tested weapon. But how many people on the fringe of the argument are going to say "It's pretty damn easy to just get a 3D printed gun off the books, and with no tracing, I'll just do that." As there will be way more resources dedicated to producing them.
They are gonna push it underground, and make the underground market way bigger than it would normally have been and far more accessible. I would bet a lot of money, in 10 years, there is going to be a massive debate as we discuss the failure of this freeze. I believe the problem is going to get worse from this legislation, not better.