Armed self-defense: The Canadian case - ScienceDirect Canadians report using firearms to protect themselves between 60,000 and 80,000 times per year from dangerous people or animals. More importantly, between 19,000 and 37,500 of these incidents involve defense against human threats
This is where the issue of the big bores come in. Our Conservative Ontario Premier Doug Ford says it best here regarding proper gun control. Several other provincial premier's are saying the same Back in the early 90's , Bill Blair and governing bleeding heart liberals brought in the Long Gun Registry. This was front and center during the next federal election and the Liberals were quickly ousted. the Conservative Government scraped the registry and destroyed the records. Trudeau and his bleeding heart liberal are using the tragedy in Nova Scotia to try to jam gun control down our throats again. This wasn't even brought up in the house of Commons. He was using his powers to amend/add to the existing list of prohibited weapons that includes mortars and rocket launchers. However, there is another election in the fall and i am sure this will be front and center again and hopefully history will repeat itself. For the record, there has never been a homicide in Canada using an AR15. Here is the official update regarding the 10 and 12 gauges along with the list of recently added guns What you need to know about the Government of Canada’s new prohibition on certain firearms and devices | Royal Canadian Mounted Police For what it's worth, seen, signed and forwarded the petition last week.
As much as I wished it was true that they were that inept, it isn't. Fact Check: Canada Did NOT Ban Coffee From Black Rifle Coffee Company In Its New Gun Ban | Lead Stories
