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We need to almost completely ban guns in Canada (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The recreation use from them is not worth the inevitable shootings. As the safety of the many come before the pleasure of the few. Not to mention the lead exposure on the environment from the bullet casings left on the ground and all the noise that's caused from all the firing disrupting the wildlife.

If you want to play with guns like toys go take a vacation down south.

The only people who should have access to guns are the military, special forces and hunters in remote areas without any food alternatives.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The good-guy-with-a-gun-stops-the-crime narrative is bullshit. However watching the events in the US, if I lived there as a leftist I'd seriously consider arming myself as the fascists are. Especially if I were of a visible marginalized group that the fascists like to target. I don't know where Canada will be in a few years time but I don't believe in the permanence of democracy anymore. If democracy cracks, violence will fill the gap. Guns are excellent at inflicting violence and I don't want law enforcement to have monopoly on this power, given that it might be indirectly serving corporations and the owner class. I probably would not have thought any of this a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Exactly this.