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Many guns seized at Coutts border blockade are used for hunting: defence (globalnews.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Remember that these are the guys who said that they were preparing to fight UN and/or Chinese troops who might invade Canada?

Now their lawyer says that they were used for hunting? Was she taking about the pipe bomb or the handguns?

I don't see a single trigger or cable lock in that photo. Was the ammunition stored in a separate locked container?

These guys should never be allowed to own a firearm again based solely on the UN/China delusion. These types of violent collective fantasies are extremely dangerous and they absolutely should be disqualifying.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you think you need a gun for self-defense in Canada you shouldn't have a gun. You're more likely to choke to death on a hotdog, to drown in your own bathtub, to die from entanglement in your own bedsheets, from being stung by a bee, or by being trampled by a cow than you are to be killed with a gun by someone you don't know if you're not involved in the drug trade or organized crime. In fact, you're FAR more likely to be killed by or to kill someone you love if you have a gun than you are to be killed by a stranger.

[+] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Why would you want to meet someone who's invading your house on equal footing? The idea is to have overwhelming odds on your side so that you can come out of the situation unscathed

That's cute how you have a gun ready to go when you hear a strange noise. In your fantasy land, did you forget a responsible and legal gun owner will have the guns and ammo locked separately?

"Wait a sec. When I get these unlocked, you're in for it"

But no, pitch that mixture of FUD and FOMO harder.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It’s highly unlikely that most people will ever encounter any scenario like that. That’s true. But that doesn’t make it a bad idea to be prepared.

It is an EXTREMELY bad idea. The chances that you're going to kill someone you love goes up dramatically when you have a gun in your home. You're not making yourself and your family safer you're making it FAR more likely that they will be a victim of gun violence.

Do you grind up your hotdogs so that you won't choke on them? Do you wear a life jacket in the bathtub? Have you stripped your bed of bedsheets? Do you wear a bee suit when you go outside? It's highly unlikely that any of those things are going to happen to you, too.

This is a riduclous argument. Literally worthy of ridicule.