Gun ban talks back after a sad weekend in NS

[GW11]

Semi-auto rifle with selective fire for full auto bursts?

The definition of an

Assault rifle

Noun

A rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use.


That's the definition

Sound like it was already a prohibited weapon in Canada. Before the ban lol.

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Fishfood.........sorry but you are incorrect. There is NO legal definition of the term 'assault rifle' in Canada's firearm legislation and hence we make reference to the US department of justice and their definition of the term.

.......and I quote:

“Assault weapon” is not a legally defined term in Canada’s firearms
legislation. Various international jurisdictions use different terms and
definitions, often based on physical characteristics. For illustrative
purposes, the US Department of Justice has used the following
description: “in general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms
with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and
configured for rapid fire.”

This definition was derived from:
US Department of Justice, Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use
Protection Act (known as the Federal Assault Weapon Ban), enacted in 1994
and expired in 2004.

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/c...lnt-crm-en.pdf

Thank you folks for attempting to do what Gilroy and his fellow Canadians cannot. It appears that any attempt at a definition puts "assault rifles" in the "already banned" category doesn't it?

[Badenoch]

Finally Badenoch, a respectful post. Thanks! I agree that it is our job but disagree that we've failed. Failing, definitely, but the last thing you can do is just give up. Maybe you're ready to and maybe you have reason to, but I'll continue to do my part to educate new shooters and fence sitters. As sour as you sound, hopefully you do too.

I agree that the bad apples and the extremists are what the public remembers, but that's not a phenomenon limited to gun owners.

Keep educating.

The failure isn't individual but collective. We have been collectively failed by the big gun organizations who seem more committed to continued foolishness in an attempt to attract public attention and member dollars. When you are in a minority position a list of extreme demands followed by "No Compromise!" isn't going to get you anywhere.

The bright spot is OFAH. While I haven't always agreed with it it should be held up as the gold standard of Canadian outdoors organizations. It isn't offensive, works equally well with all governments, will fight if required, understands compromise, does not tolerate illegal or offensive conduct and can point to concrete achievements on our behalf. But sign on to Gunputz.com, mention liking OFAH and see what the reaction is.

[Gilroy]

The failure isn't individual but collective. We have been collectively failed by the big gun organizations who seem more committed to continued foolishness in an attempt to attract public attention and member dollars. When you are in a minority position a list of extreme demands followed by "No Compromise!" isn't going to get you anywhere.

The bright spot is OFAH. While I haven't always agreed with it it should be held up as the gold standard of Canadian outdoors organizations. It isn't offensive, works equally well with all governments, will fight if required, understands compromise, does not tolerate illegal or offensive conduct and can point to concrete achievements on our behalf. But sign on to Gunputz.com, mention liking OFAH and see what the reaction is.

I agree with your post save and except the OFAH is not politically biased,they have shown in the past they are a very Conservative based organisation and it has actually cost hunters in the long run (spring bear ban).They seem to always manage to invite leaders of the Conservative party to speak at conventions.The Liberal government who re instated the hunt got scat mention for doing so.
But I see from their past press releases they are coming around and trying to have hunters come together.

[JBen]

Gilroy
Most Canadians don’t understand my .303 British Lee Enfield, which actually is a rifle used by Military’s, has killed millions, has more ammo capacity. But we will just use 5

Is far deadlier than any “assault rifle” we can get.

Let’s use JT favourites thing. Science so we can make science based decisions .

Let’s shoot a
.223
.303 British
.308
3 inch slug shell

Into soft targets like ballistics Gel and hard targets like body armour.

Most Canadians most certainly don’t not understand firearms, let alone what an “assualt rifle” are.

Isn’t that why Cheifs like Blair don’t use that word when trying to justify their purchases?

[Gilroy]

Thank you folks for attempting to do what Gilroy and his fellow Canadians cannot. It appears that any attempt at a definition puts "assault rifles" in the "already banned" category doesn't it?

I think most people can look at a Ar 15 and a 30.06 Remington semi auto and can tell you which one is an assault rifle and which one is a hunting rifle.They can also tell you which one should not be in the hands of civilians and which one should.This simple narrative is all that is
needed for the majority of voting Canadians.

[JBen]

Gilroy
No such thing!!!

For gods sake. Go to your own bible blue line. And the article I’ve linked twice

[Gilroy]

And somehow magically Gilroy. You missed only 50% of the public trust the RCMP. Down substantially from a year ago....

And

“ Looking more broadly at the question of Canada’s gun laws, half of Canadians (49%) are of the opinion that these regulations need to be stricter. One-third of Canadians (34%) feel that the gun laws in place are striking a good balance, while 13 per cent feel they are too strict. Interestingly, those who identify as knowing the ins and outs of the laws are divided between whether the laws are about right (39%), too strict (36%) or not strict”

People are waking up Gilroy.
And wedge issues...

Frankly, and I am being honest. The fact only half of respondents trust The RCMP (Leo) is not only appalling, it’s scary.

The public trust is the be all and end all.

But when you have Chiefs like Blair, the G20, this, High River, utter idiocy using twitter during the attack, and many more things.....

the past days are going to have a big impact, especially when the public realizes (see the NP article Mikepal posted) they are seeing it now, just how flawed the Legislation is, and why it should have never been pushed..(the OIC) .and the smack to democracy that is..

I have feminist as friends and when I pointed out. This could just easily occur somewhere down road over abortion..it’s a wedge issue 50/50

which way do you think winds are shifting...

I agree that the public confidence in the RCMP and most other Police services are way down.Most police officers are "marking time" and have been doing so for a long time.Nobody these days want to walk in the big public housing complexes and get to know the bad guys,those days are over.That is a failure of police management in deployment and public criticism over issue,s like carding.

Officers are second guessing themselves even in the use of their service guns make a mistake and you end up like officer Furillo doing time
minimum mandatory,thanks to previous Conservative legislation.

[JBen]

For the 3rd time
https://mydigitalpublication.com/pub...cle_id=2655529

and I’ll tell you something else Gilroy. Thankfully I will never find myself in this position.

but if I did. Without the added benefit that comes from high capacity magazines of suppression

an “assault weapon” of say .223 would be my last choice for murder and mayhem, or as cop facing someone with a high powered rifle. Just ask cons table Vu Pham

[greatwhite]

So you actually do think the 223 Ar15 is more power than a semi auto 30-06

I think most people can look at a Ar 15 and a 30.06 Remington semi auto and can tell you which one is an assault rifle and which one is a hunting rifle.They can also tell you which one should not be in the hands of civilians and which one should.This simple narrative is all that is
needed for the majority of voting Canadians.

[fishfood]

Why should appearances change things?? Like others have said it's only a dressed up skirt. Maybe the public should be told the truth instead of a bunch of lies.


What about this I heard it never made it on the list but it is currently pulled from the shelves. Any truth of it not being on the list ? It's a China gun that apparently is still legal . ?

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