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Interesting stuff this week; Ducks Unlimited Canada had a post promoting E2341 on FB, they withdrew it and issued a statement that they would not get involved in gun politics. Delta Waterfowl posted E2341 and said they back it, CWTF came out supporting E2341 today.

Air BnB donated 300,000.00 to Doctors against Guns today apparently, announced it via Twitter.

Glen Motz sort of got shut down in parliament today by the Speaker. MP Bob Benzen had asked about the proposed Red Flag laws, Trudope answered that the police had no power to take firearms from various situations, Motz got up and mentioned the exact parts of the Firearms act that gave them those powers already. What the Libs want to do, is give doctors and lawyers the ability, or perhaps even require, to report to the police that someone shud have their guns taken away. Ian Runkle issued a statement on it today also;

So, let's talk about the Liberal Party's proposed "red flag" laws.

So, right now, if you're convicted of a variety of crimes (including just about every violent crime), there is either a mandatory gun ban at the end, or the court will have to consider whether to ban you from guns.

Additionally, the CFO can revoke a firearms licence if they feel that you don't meet the criteria any more, including over public safety/similar concerns.

The police can bring an application to ban you from having guns, if they have information to suggest that this is necessary/desirable.

If it's more of an emergency, they can get a warrant and come seize all of your guns, and then bring an application afterwards to keep them and ban you from having guns.

If it's even more of an emergency than that, they can go ahead without a warrant, so long as they can justify it after the fact.

In short, there's a wealth of options available for how they can take guns away from people who are a danger to themselves or others.

The only thing that's really 'new' here is the proposal to have doctors and lawyers--who are normally bound by confidentiality and/or privilege--able to bring these applications.

This is a terrible idea. These are both professions that rely on a high degree of trust between the professional and their client. A bill that puts the doctor/lawyer in an effective law enforcement role destroys that trust and reduces people's ability to seek help.

We need to break down barriers that prevent people from seeking help, not cover them with razor wire.