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Ontario Opts Out (of the May 2020 gun ban confiscation) (nfa.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by northmaple1984 to c/canadaguns

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Without ON the confiscation scheme is dead in the water from a practical/logistical point of view. ON by itself represents almost 1/3 of owners with licenses to own the R guns caught up in the ban. Collectively, all the provinces that have opted out account for nearly 2/3.

Might as well extend the Amnesty to June 2026 because that's the soonest the ON government is gonna change.

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[–] nik282000 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personal bias: I don't own any firearms, I'm not licensed but I have gone shooting a few times with a friend.

Gun laws in Canada are very good, most gun owners I have met are basically ultra-responsible nerds or gun-is-a-tool hunting types. Neither of them tend to fuck around in a dangerous way and neither of them are the type to rob a 7/11 or mow down a birthday party. The problem with guns in Canada is almost entirely related to illegal imports being used by organized (and disorganized) crime. It is hilariously easy to smuggle things into Canada from the US and enforcement needs to be adjusted to make the risk of being caught not worth the price of an unregistered handgun.

[–] northmaple1984 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Slightly disagree. Our border is too large for any sort of enforcement to work. If the US can't stop people from crossing their southern border, how are we supposed to stop objects not much bigger than your hand / the length of your arm from coming across a border that's almost 3x as long?

What we need is to eliminate the reasons behind criminality involving guns in the first place.