Trudeau Government Defines the Firearms They Will Ban Next

[IronNoggin]

The Trudeau government’s next gun ban will target the best-selling semi-automatic rifles in Canada.

So says Member of Parliament Joël Lightbound, Parliamentary Secretary for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

In his response to ePetition e-2341, Joël Lightbound reiterated the Liberal government’s three criteria for banning and confiscating firearms from federally-licensed, RCMP-vetted firearm owners: [i]

have semi-automatic action with sustain rapid-fire capability (tactical/military design with large magazine capacity)
modern design;
present in large volumes in the Canadian market.

What are the 10 (or 20 or 50) best-selling semi-automatic rifles in Canada? You know? The high-capacity 5-shot ones. (before you write a letter, that was sarcasm.)

They’ll be listed on the next gun ban by Order in Council.

We know Mr. Lightbound is a new M.P. and a relatively young man (32) but he is an educated person with a law degree from McGill University, the great bastion of Quebec liberalism.

An intelligent man like Lightbound (or even a total fool) must see the gaping hole in the master plan:

What about illegal guns in the hands of gangs and violent criminals?

The Liberal government has no plan to confiscate any of those guns from the criminals who own them and seem perfectly content to practice catch-and-release law enforcement, yet Joël Lightbound has the audacity to claim:

“ Canadians deserve to live in a society where they can feel safe and secure from gun violence .”

We agree. Canadians absolutely deserve to feel safe in their homes and in their communities.

Canadians are rightfully afraid of dangerous criminals like those who violate firearm prohibition orders. [ii]

The best way to keep Canadians safe is to disarm those members of society most likely to commit violent acts, but that's does not appear to be the Liberal government's plan.

The government ignores violent offenders and its plan does not include taking illegal guns away from dangerous criminals.

Instead the Liberal government will ban and confiscate ( from licensed, RCMP-vetted firearm owners only ), any firearm with:

a “semi-automatic action”
that “is of modern design” and
“is present in large volumes in the Canadian market.”

Is it any wonder Canada’s licensed gun owners get so frustrated?

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[Jayhad]

Originally Posted by IronNoggin

The Trudeau government’s next gun ban will target the best-selling semi-automatic rifles in Canada.

I would assume Ruger 10/22 or something like a Remington 1100/1187

[Scott N]

Toronto is going to re-elect The Turd again, I'm convinced of that.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Scott N

Toronto is going to re-elect The Turd again, I'm convinced of that.

Not Just Toronto, he will get many seats in Quebec and in the Atlantic provinces as well.

[Jayhad]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Not Just Toronto, he will get many seats in Quebec and in the Atlantic provinces as well.

yep, he'll get four more years and we'll get more platitudes about working with in the system as we hand over our black powder muskets.

[Jayhad]

Originally Posted by Jayhad

I would assume Ruger 10/22 or something like a Remington 1100/1187

I forgot the most likely..... SKS

[350 mag]

SKS, BAR, 10-22

Or any semi-auto they missed on first oic.

[Positrac]

There goes my Rem 742 build...

[Austin]

They are not getting mine!

[Flight01]

Originally Posted by Positrac

There goes my Rem 742 build...

Sucks when your testing a new gun and you loose it over board In the river eh?

[Sundancefisher]

its so frustrating because law abiding folks are not the problem. But it buys votes in urban Toronto.

It is two faced because it targets rural and especially western Canada.

And to make it worse...you know it will not apply to First Nations and Metis fire arms owners.

It is very divisive to the heart of the matter.

[Dewey Cox]

This is the worst part of the whole thing.
They are deciding what to ban based on how popular it is.
If this was a sensible discussion, they would define the characteristics that they have a problem with, and ban based on that.
But they want to ban based on popularity. They want to take away as many guns as they can, for no other reason than they want to take away guns.
In the last order in council there was a blurb that said something along the lines of "when these guns get banned, people will flock to other models, so we want to leave this open ended to ban those as well"
This is economic warfare.
They are treating gun owners as their enemies.
They don't want to ban too many at once, so they can give people a chance to spend money on something else, so they can ban the new choice afterwards.

[Sundog57]

Definition:
Has a trigger
Ammunition goes in one end
Bullets come out the other

That should give them adequate latitude to do what they want

And just is case you were wondering if Billy and Justine were scurrilous scum bags - they didn't rescind the RPALS for the last lot which would have been able to be challenged for cause
They nullified them a term which has no reference whatsoever in the Act
Making it up as they go along...