John Tory Asks for Gun Bans or ‘Repositories’ Across Canada

[bat119]

*** please delete if this article is too political I thought gunowners should be aware ***
This could affect all gunowners even the gopher hunters

Toronto Mayor John Tory officially asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to ban and confiscate all handguns and semi-automatic firearms from federally licensed gun owners in Canada.
In case a handgun ban fails, Tory requested new federal laws to “create gun repositories” where licensed firearm owners across the country would be forced to store all their rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers.
City Council requested the federal government to strengthen Bill C-71 by “prohibiting the availability, sale, possession and use of handguns, assault rifles and semi-automatic firearms in Canada,” Tory said in his letter to Trudeau dated Aug. 3 and shared today on Twitter. (Read the full letter below.)
The other measures aimed at the more than 2 million men and women with federal firearm Possession and Acquisition Licences (PAL) include:
• “Ban the sale of handguns in the City of Toronto.”
• “Enact or amend federal legislation: … Failing a handgun ban, create gun repositories, through a private-public partnership, that require all long and hand guns to be locked up and only retrieved if and where there is a need for hunting or going to the range for target practice.”
The measures are based on a series of motions that City Council passed by a landslide on July 24.
“Thank you for your consideration of these requests to help us send a message that gun violence is absolutely unacceptable in Toronto, or anywhere in Canada,” Tory said in his letter to Trudeau, a downloadable copy of which was shared by the Toronto Star.
The Globe and Mail reported July 26 that Trudeau is seriously considering a handgun ban and will decide on the measure in mid-August. He commented on a ban in Toronto at a July 30 memorial to the victims of a shooting massacre on the city’s Danforth Avenue.
Reporter: “Do you support a handgun ban in Toronto?”
Trudeau: “There’s a lot of things that we’re looking at right now. Obviously there’s a lot of strong emotions going on, grieving, looking at how we can continue to be stronger and more resilient as communities. We are looking at a broad range of things. We’re going to make the right decision for the long term, not just the short term.” (Source: CPAC TV on Twitter.)

More on CBC note the deflecting headline
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...tter-1.4775360

[3blade]

Notwithstanding clause

Gonna be an interesting time in the next year, with those elections coming up...

[sns2]

This is not too political. As long as it directly relates to our pursuits, political discussion is fine. Gun legislation certainly meets that requirement.

[elkhunter11]

“Enact or amend federal legislation: … Failing a handgun ban, create gun repositories, through a private-public partnership, that require all long and hand guns to be locked up and only retrieved if and where there is a need for hunting or going to the range for target practice.”

So now they are going after long guns as well.

[CritterCommander]

Because this edict is indeed coming from the very centre of the Universe, we are truly doomed.

There is nothing that they will keep their hands off, once it starts, it's over.

[Trochu]

I really don't understand how people calling for firearm confiscation don't understand the failed logic behind what they are asking for. If you had a homicidal maniac in your presence, would you rather simply restrict his access to firearms, maintaining the manics presence, or look into treating the deeper issues? I'd rather rid myself of the maniac. A maniac without firearms is still a maniac and likely going to "express" himself somehow, whether that's via a bomb, vehicle, knife, acid, etc. The UK has limited firearms, and yes, less shootings, but they have one of the highest rates of acid attacks in the world, and from the Sun "The total number of offences involving a knife or bladed instrument that have been recorded by cops in the year to March 2018 rose to 40,147, a seven-year-high.". How is this better?

The current system has its flaws, yes, but a firearms ban is about as logical to me as selling them at Mac's with no restrictions.

[bat119]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

So now they are going after long guns as well.

Tory was only targeting the restricted crowd now he's admitting he's after every gun big or small. This should be a wake up call for all gun owners both for both RPAL & PAL owners we must stick together divided we fall.

[Dick284]

Emotionally driven rhetoric at its best!
And the metrosexuals lap it up like kittens do to milk.

We are gonna get a royal screwing, just wait.

[bobalong]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

So now they are going after long guns as well.

Its a long way from going after to getting. How are they going to confiscate or have us turn in long guns when they don't know what we have? Anything the Liberals can implement the PC can get rid of next year.

[58thecat]

Jeepers eh....those criminals are not going to like the mandatory babysitting of thier illegal guns.

People who write this crap must really only see down a long tunnel and have no grasp on Reality at all.