Canada expected to announce ban on assault-style weapons
Too late for 22 innocent victims
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Canada expected to announce ban on assault-style weapons
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Canada's government is set to announce a ban on assault-style weapons following a deadly shooting in Nova Scotia this month that killed 22 people.
Officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 's administration will announce the ban before the week's end, though the key provisions have already been decided by his Cabinet.
Among the weapons set to be banned include the AR-15 and the Ruger Mini-14. It wasn't initially clear whether Canadian citizens who currently own such weapons will be required to turn them in.
After a deadly shooting in New Zealand, officials banned assault-style weapons and instituted a buyback program.
Trudeau's Liberal Party pledged to enact an assault-style weapons ban in last year's election campaign, at the time pledging to implement a similar buyback program.
The move comes after a gunman killed 22 people, including a police officer, during a rampage through the rural province of Nova Scotia while driving a car meant to look like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police cruiser. The suspected gunman, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, was killed by police.
Authorities say Wortman used a number of weapons in the attack and have not released details about them. However, Wortman was known to have been carrying at least two semi-automatic rifles, according to the AP.
“I can say that we were on the verge of introducing legislation to ban assault-style weapons across this country,” Trudeau said after the shooting. “It was interrupted when the pandemic caused Parliament to be suspended, but we have every intention of moving forward on that measure, and potentially other measures, when Parliament returns."
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CANADA - Strict gun controls, Universal single-payer healthcare, Women's free choice for abortions, Glitch free paper ballot voting, No frivolous lawsuits or contingent legal fees, Ice wine, Butter tarts and Nanaimo bars, Tim Hortons, Canadian bacon - a country where common sense prevails.
I am proud to be a Canadian, a citizenship I will never give up no matter where in the world I live.
“I am proud to be a Canadian,”
just a heads up, Buzz. Some on the left would classify that as being a nationalist.
Maybe it's better to say that I'm HAPPY to be a Canadian, or even LUCKY to be a Canadian.
There is nothing wrong with saying you’re proud to be Canadian. There is nothing wrong with you putting Canada first or wanting the best for Canada. That is how it should be. 👍
That’s great.
I used to enjoy hunting and fishing in Canada but in the last decade or so it got to be a hassle and isn’t worth it. Americans regularly get hassled at the border. I know I have and Canada hasn’t gotten a penny from me or mine in over a decade.
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ever use pepper on em' ?
I used to date this one young lady, man, what's with the Hot Pepper cravings, that shit could burn.
there was another, who i enjoyed peppering with assaulty balls, so i required her to wear a padded chin strap.
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only been to Niagra Falls, where,
'Slowly i stepped...' but didn't Falls over
too much, a few times. used to date a girl that worked for a shuttle service, and Buffalo was free. Went 4 times.
Pretty cool place.
hav friends that would bear hunt there,
i prefer hunting with close
minded people
say the darnest things!
They spoke highly of it,
but,
i'm guessin it was cause they were high
society minded individuals that when swimming,
pooled into a group
of 'bo legged women
and swim between their legs'
shaken not stirred
Canuter valve
Modulus of elasticity
dV/dt
Pork bellies
Weird. I live an hour from the Minnesota - Canadian border. It is NOT well known that Americans are given a hard time at the border. That is simply ridiculous. Myself, nor anybody I know get hassled when going fishing up there. What sorta stuff did you try and pull to get hassled at the border?
I'll bet it was smart-ass "superiority complex" stuff rerplied to customs and Immigration officers who questioned them.
Oh yeah lol, border security just love the jokers /s/.
Not weird at all.
The second to last time I went on a whitetail hunt in Manitoba we brought out own guns like several times before. Mostly bolt action rifles but one semi auto. They pulled us over and proceeded to take our vehicles apart. They went through everything, checked all ID’s. Having been there numerous times before, we had been reasonably checked but nothing like that. this time they went nuts. When we got to camp and told our fitter what happened he wasn’t surprised and said that was happening regularly all of a sudden. So much so he was looking into purchasing his own rifles for customers to use. He did.
So, thinking that solved the issue for the next trip two years later, we didn’t bring any weapons and planned to use his. Didn’t matter, got pulled over again and they proceeded to take our vehicles apart again.
Absolutely ridiculous so we never went back. No reason to pay good money to get hassled by those border pricks. None at all.
Nope, not even close Buzz. Just a few power hungry Canadian border agents that didn’t like Americans.
But thanks for the completely uniformed insult just the same.
You expect Canadians to love America when your dear leader bullies Canada's PM into giving up NAFTA benefits to Canadians?
Lol .... dear leader? Your TDS is showing Buzz.
That said, I could care less what Canadians think considering the shitbirds they choose to have manning their borders.
I already made that perfectly clear with the post you likely reported.
“bullies Canada's PM into giving up NAFTA benefits to Canadians?”
I wouldn’t call it bullying. Nafta was unfair to American workers and president Trump was determined to do something about it. It was either a new deal, or no deal. I applaud Trump for that. As an American i expect our elected officials to put Americans and America first.
And as a Canadian, I don't. His Tarriff war made things more expensive for me - I live on a pension and increased costs are not appreciated. His racist comments anger me - I am married to a Chinese woman and I have always been treated well and respected by the Chinese people. He has endangered the Chinese people in America and his example has made the Chinese people around the world prone to being harrassed and attacked and I wouldn't be surprised, killed. The people are not guilty of what their government may have done but they are suffering for it, and Trump's putting America first takes a toll on others. Proof that he doesn't give a shit about the impoverished or more primitive people around the world is defunding the WHO.
There has been a significant decrease in value of the Canadian dollar vs the US dollar since long before Trump took office. Things cost you more because your government is doing such a bad job your currency has lost its purchasing power.
I wouldn’t blame Trump if I failed to do a good job of planning for my own retirement.
So, you've had a windfall at the expense of the American worker and you're pissed it's over?
“Trump's putting America first takes a toll on others. Proof that he doesn't give a shit about the impoverished or more primitive people around the world is defunding the WHO.”
geuss what? President Trump was elected by Americans, paid by Americans (though he gives his salary to charity) to work for Americans best interests.
you saying what you just said is as stupid as me saying “i hate that soft little manboy trudeau, or jinpinpingpong because those racist bastards are not working in my best interests.
Since your sentiments are most likely with those who are protesting the lockdown, I suggest you keep your mouth and nose covered with a very effective mask and stay away from other people, for your own health of course, Mr. America.
What would you say is your golden calf POTUS's most important intention?
Ok, so you can’t refute anything i said which is simple logic.
Maybe you meant this as a subtle insult, i don’t know and won’t pretend to know your intentions, but i’d rather be called Mr. America than Mr. Canada, and especially Mr. China. Stay safe, Buzz.
a lot of people / countries got used to cheap crap at our expense. even some americans.
they will be mad about losing that for a while.
A windfall? LOL. What windfall? I live a simple life on my income, I don't exceed it and in fact do without many of the luxuries I had when I was in Canada. A windfall?
And you can't answer my question honestly because you know damn well what it would have to be.
I’d be glad to answer if we were having a discussion, but you don’t seem interested.
That was a sad day for Canada, it's no conciliation to friends and family but the shooter got what he deserved in the end
Lol you forgot Maple Syrup, or even better Maple Syrup Bacon
I thought of maple syrup, but I know there's also Vermont maple syrup, so it isn't necessarily just Canadian - but even if there are Tim Horton's stores in the USA, it's as Canadian as the Maple Leafs he used to play for.
They bag a helluva peat moss, too.
Damn! I just had a revelation. Why don’t we implement a ban on nasty drugs like meth, coke, and heroin? That will surely put an end to their use, saving many lives in the process.
But seriously, is trudeau going to go all the way with this and ban cars that are meant to look like royal canadian mounted police cars as well?
Um. Why?
From what I read, he didn’t kill them all in one place or all with a gun, for that matter. He had handguns and long guns. It took him something like 16 hours to complete his shooting spree, which also included something like 16 crime scenes and 9 fires. He also acquired the weapons he had illegally.
How is this ban a response to what this guy actually did?
It doesn't matter, and you sound like his lawyer. The weapons ban was a campaign promise and was delayed being put into effect by the virus outbreak. It probably wouldn't have served the purpose of stopping him from doing it even if were already a law on the books. Maybe it will prevent some such attacks happening in the future.
Canada should get Peterbilts off the road too, before one goes the length of Toronto, down the sidewalk.
How do you figure? I have not defended anything the guy did. I want to know how the government action is a logical response to the crime. Your comment has no logical connection to anything I wrote.
How? Nothing about his attacks was facilitated by the use of so-called "assault style" weapons. He could have done it with any firearm. And by the way, any firearm he would have had in his possession would already have been a violation of law.
It's sad, guns are just too political. Rather than dig to find the root cause, too many people want to blame the gun and come out with bans on guns basically based on what they look like.
Seems like common sense to me, if you want to reduce gun crime you must eliminate ALL guns. and good luck with that...
Maybe someday they will actually decide to find out why some people go off their rocker and commit murder. Maybe then they will find a common issue to work with rather than just jumping at a solution that appeals to part of their political base.
Apparently 9 of his victims died because he lit their houses or cars on fire? No legislation to outlaw fire, though. Weird.
Although that remark about the guy who drove a truck down a sidewalk and killed and maimed a lot of people means fuck all to you, to me it sent a shiver up my spine. My office for quite a few years was right there on that street, on that corner, and I walked almost every day exactly where he killed people.
I now live in such a country, and it works.
Yes it does. However I'm not sure China is the best example in this case. China's very strict laws on gun control have been in place almost since the formation of the People's Republic of China. While there is some private ownership of guns it is very tightly regulated. And in the case of China you have a government, with guns, who enforce their strict gun control laws with lethal force. So you have had two to three generations of people growing up with these laws already existing. Not quite the same as western democracies I think you would agree.
Perhaps a better example would be Australia. After the Port Arthur incident Australia the government developed and passed uniform state gun laws that banned rapid-fire guns from civilian ownership except under certain, restricted licenses, and established a government buyback of semi-automatic and pump-action rifles and shotguns. It also set that all guns must be registered. And this resulted in reducing gun ownership by only 20%. I've heard recent estimates that put private gun ownership back to levels much higher than before these gun laws were put into effect.
I think this shows that unless the state is willing to harshly enforce gun laws the results will not reduce the potential for gun violence by any meaningful measure. Australia has not had a mass shooting event since these laws were put into effect but the numbers on gun crime seem to be growing. How New Zealand's new gun laws work out will take time to measure. But I think it's difficult for any western democracy to implement and maintain these types of laws over generations of people in order to change mindsets.
so I go back to my original statement. If you want to reduce gun crime you must eliminate all guns. And that will be very difficult in any western democracy.
Excellent comment. Yes, I've said before that it's much too late for America to gain control of guns. The people there would be better off if guns were distributed to every adult over 10 years old. (The NRA's pipe dream).
Well, you can't prove it by citing Google.
Yawn .... nothing new from a country that already has overly aggressive gun controls
Move along .... nothing to see here ....
Yeah, this article has really become nothing more but fodder for those whose 2nd most important love of their life is a warm gun.
Nice job Buzz. Possible one of the most ignorant comments I’ve ever seen here. Your understanding of responsible gun owners in the US is clearly sophomoric at best.
Yup, too bad that’s the route being taken.
Oh, I just look at the news of daily gun murders and world gun death statistics to realize just how important guns are to Americans.
Maybe we should take a page out of the Chinese playbook and set up some re-education camps for gun owners. That would fix us Chinese style eh? Or we could take another page and just make them disappear.
China is a joke when it comes to freedoms and civil liberties but hey, you say they aren’t bothering you so who cares right?
Actually, you've brought up how effective border controls and law enforcement are - where foreigners are harassed enough, they cease entry.
Justin has bigger cajones than most American politicians.
It take big cajones to create a black market for an item? Because that is what will happen. Anybody that wants one will be able to get one, just like with drugs, just like with alcohol during prohibition.
When did he grow his cajones? Was this before or after the numerous times he paraded around in blackface?
He ever tried that shit in sagnasty or Flint town he wouldn't be some left wing PM now, He would probably be feeding worms.
FYI I think you mean Bolas, that means Balls, bigger drawers makes no sense.
Justin has bigger cajones than most American politicians.
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Melania thinks so too!
I thought it was Ivanka who ogled him in a meeting.
A little secret - his father tried to hit on my daughter at a cocktail party in Westmount (Montreal) without success. I was there and saw it happen. She was a McGill student at the time.
I see an Ivanka/Trudeau/Melania Saturday Night Live Skit!
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