Gun rights organizations have long warned against the incremental nature of gun control.
The theory—indeed, it occurs in practice, too—is that gun-ban advocates will work to pass the most “supportable” bill possible that isn’t, on the surface, devastating to the Second Amendment. The trick is that once they have that law on the books, it’s much easier to amend that law to make it into something more restrictive that never would have had the support to pass in the first place.
Gun bans are an excellent example, and Canada’s banned gun list is the best example of all. In recent days as the Justin Trudeau government comes to an end, Liberals added another 179 makes and models of firearms to the country’s banned “assault-style” firearms list.
According to a report at nationalpost.com, the list of newly prohibited firearms includes dozens of variations of the M1 carbine, a historic semi-automatic rifle that was widely deployed to U.S. soldiers during World War II. The change means that owners of any of the newly prohibited weapons cannot use, sell or loan them, nor can they be bought or imported.
Liberals say they targeted firearms that were semi-automatic models with sustained rapid-fire capability and large magazine capacity—aka, common semi-auto firearms with normal-capacity magazines. Current firearm laws already limit magazine capacity to five for nearly all semi-automatic rifles, and pistol magazine capacity is limited to 10.
The government also announced that it was extending the amnesty period—again—for owners of banned firearms until March 1, 2026. tThe government still hasn’t been able to set a date nor the details for the second phase of the restrictive program, nor has it announced how much compensation will be offered to owners of now-prohibited weapons.
“I myself have been frustrated that we couldn’t move faster on a program,” Associate Public Safety Minister Rachel Bendayan said. “The reality is we want to do it right. There are enormous complexities involved in getting a system set up to be able to compensate Canadians, but also protect their personal information.”
It seems ironic that the Canadian government would be willing to strip citizens of their right to bear arms but at least act like they are interested in protecting gun owners’ personal information. Alas, that’s what you get when you don’t have a Second Amendment to protect your right to keep and bear arms.
While the debate is ongoing about how serious President Donald Trump is about making Canada our 51st state, the latest gun-ban movements in the country are certainly cautionary and should remind us all that once a banned list is made, it’s easy to add more and more guns to that list. You can bet that groups like Everytown, Violence Policy Center, and Brady are well aware of that as they push for banning firearms not only federally but in states throughout the nation.
This is why you don’t let the camel stick his nose in the tent – or more appropriate to Kanukistan ” Every Avalanch starts with but a single Snowflake. “
Unicorn,
“Every avalanch…”
I’m gonna steal that one!
Thanks!
Canaduh is not America. Subjects not citizens. Like Australia,Britain & New Zealand. The new Canadian poobah worse is than Castro’s kid🙄
Canada is like Chicago. They have high hopes for their new leader. Then they realize it’s another awful person. So they replace them with someone that’s worse. Again.
What difference did all that make with the advance of gun control over the last century+? Aside from better ability to fight in court and for the few smart states repealing everything they can and passing laws against infringement/spying/everything else we are not different enough to matter with opposing expansion of government/corporate control of the population.
They aren’t subjects anymore as much as they are simply peasants or plebes.
“Canaduh is not America“
You are correct, in America you will die three years earlier than in Canada.
“Canadians live about three years longer and are healthier than Americans, and the lack of universal healthcare in the United States may be a factor, researchers said on Wednesday.
In a study published in BioMed Central’s journal Population Health Metrics they said Canadians can expect to live until 79.7 years of age, versus 77.2 years for Americans.
A healthy 19-year-old Canadian can expect to have 52 more years of perfect health versus 49.3 more years for Americans.“
And while approximately 40% of personal bankruptcies in the United States or due to medical bills, in Canada no one ever goes bankrupt because they needed medical care.
RFK Jr. fan?
As far as advice as to what groceries one should put in their piehole I am a fan of RFK.
“Canadians live about three years longer and are healthier than Americans…”
That is because they have better Fruit Loops.
It’s true!
Minor, I thought you were dead.
“Minor, I thought you were dead.”
It won’t be long now.
But hes been posting under other names.
Nope, always as Mi(y)n(n)e49(r).
Remain at ease, I’ll be in the area all evening.
Canada no one ever goes bankrupt because they needed medical care.
Nope, they just die waiting in line for treatment.
Nobody moves to Canada for the Healthcare.
How odd, since according to our social security system, they are paying people over 112 years of age.
Yet nobody moves there like they promised in any meaningful numbers whenever a politician they don’t like wins. Odd that almost like whatever myopic study you are trying to push as relevant really is meaningless.
Better to live free than die under the Mounties boot.
“in Canada no one ever goes bankrupt because they needed medical care.”
That’s because Canada is a ‘welfare state’ so common in socialists countries, and depends on the US for almost half of its economy that ends up supporting that welfare state medical system. Such always eventually collapses when the money shifts.
Its works as long as it’s some one else’s money paying for it, our tax payer money paying the outrages tariffs, up to 300% effective tarrifs in some cases, while Canada has enjoyed paying the U.S. very little comparatively. So let’s take that advantage away from them, balance it out some, and see how their welfare state ‘medical system’ works out.
“Its works as long as it’s some one else’s money”
You are so wrong, it’s beyond ludicrous.
“In 2024, the Canada’s general government gross debt-to-GDP ratio was 106%, compared to the United States at 121%. According to the IMF’s 2018 annual Article IV Mission to Canada, compared to all the G7 countries, including the United States, Canada’s “total government net debt-to-GDP ratio”, is the lowest.”
Better health care, three more years average life expectancy and the lowest debt/GDP of the G7.
Don’t be stupid, Trump would not want it as the 51st state if it had nothing for him to loot.
That life expectancy figure is most likely attributable to violent crime in our larger Cities that are almost exclusively ran by Democrats.
“most likely attributable”
Have you any fax or citations to back up that claim, or is that just uninformed speculation?
They aren’t called Can nadians for nothing!
Looks like o’canada moved the Gun Control goalpost again this time to March 2026. A handful of sick ratbassturds assumed they could use the acts of criminals to dictate what the law-abiding can posses to defend themselves. Moving the goalpost again indicates their Gun Control rot is not going anywhere as smoothly as the ratbassturds expected.
Nah just giving more time for replacement migration from India and elsewhere to remove any numerical advantage in the central provinces that opposes gun control or the Covid restrictions. Just gotta get rid of those pesky white hicks in the rural regions to get their utopia as the city types and new Canadians are all for it. Should sound familiar if you keep up with current relevant events.
It seems Canada’s system of government creates a much safer environment for their citizens:
“Rate of homicide in Canada and the United States 2000-2023
This statistic shows the rate of homicides in Canada and the United States from 2000 to 2023. There were 6.3 homicides in the U.S. in 2022 and 2.27 homicides in Canada per 100,000 residents in 2022.“
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Now do demographics, prosecutorial discretion, and culture.
Lol and I am sure they reported everything just like NY. You are welcome to move up there Miner I am sure they would love another pay pig to soak for tax money.
minor49iq, minors et al…You may be dumb enough to place your life in a Gun Control loving government however there are millions of defenseless people throughout History who were subjected to Gun Control and my money says they would call you a fool.
How the heck do Indian folk survive goin from a tropical climate to frozen tundra? I moved from cold to hot long ago and probably would not survive a return.
Public assistance and longer term nepotism. With that said it’s not that hard an adjustment compared with going from 1st world to 3rd world.
Can you imagine Justin Castro as a Senator?
…. can you imagine Kamala as a president?
Still getting over Joe Biden remaining a senator let alone being vice president after all of his nonsense.
Canada.
Not my bull, not my shute, not my rodeo.
With the number of illegals hopping the Canadian border from southeast Asia it is unfortunately our problem even before we get into the birthright tourists.
Safeupstate.
What does Canadian gun laws have to do with Asians crossing the border.
Are you saying Canadian gun laws prevent those border crossers from being armed?
You think only one crime at a time applies? Border has been getting active up my way especially with things warming up. Also it’s not like we don’t let Canadians overstay their visa for decades or anything.
They only have themselves to blame if they comply.
One of the many reasons Canada should be left to the Canadians. If the U.S. incorporated them, it would incorporate their bad bureaucracy and bad ideas.