Zaderade

AI without proper regulation could be the downfall of humanity. Many pros, but the cons may outweigh them. Opinion.

This makes sense. You are able to apply for a license to carry a pistol, however chief firearms officers are denying them, regardless whether you meet criteria or not. The RCMP also will not disclose how many permits for carrying a handgun they issued on a given year. Fun facts.

How many school shootings did we have in 2016 comparatively? How many of you actually live in Canada and watched the news about these stories unraveling after 2019?

I'm not saying that GUN CONTROL BAD GUNS GOOD as much as you guys are portraying it that way. I asked how is it cutting down on crime and one of about 15 comments actually had a logical response to that without being a dick about it.

Between 2019 and 2023 the Canadian government issued a ban on "assault style weapons" including pistols shorter than 105mm in length.

Another commenter pointed out that law was to prevent them being stolen during break and enters which makes sense, but even then I've never heard of that happening. I'm sure it does in larger cities So back to the original question of did the change of law to give your newly prohibited weapons back to the government decrease crime rates?

I literally did not say that. I offered a conversation point to compare with what Canada has been doing and asked how it has cut down on crime

We started off talking about whether recent Canada gun law amendments actually cut down on firearm crime. You then presented statistics about the US.

I stand corrected by several years, but again, I don't think recent amendments 2019+ has reduced crime. Our government has taken lawful gun owners, and are trying to take their weapons away. No criminal who owned a handgun is going to go and turn in their weapon that they may use in a crime.

Edit: take a look at this link https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2022001/article/00009-eng.htm

It is firearm crime statistics from 2009 to 2021. I would like to see up to 2023 but it isn't there unfortunately. I see no correlation to 2019 law amendments and decreasing crime. Except for maybe robberies. Which I would have expected to increase with COVID and unemployment. That being said perhaps there hasn't been enough time passed to reflect the law changes via statistics.

I mean this in the most polite and conversational way possible but what you are saying is wrong.

October 21 2022 a national freeze on sale and transfer of handguns was placed. It is still in effect today unless you take a restricted firearms course.

The article you linked me does in fact show that the US has a gun violence problem, which I believe should be rectified. How? I don't know.

Your article makes no mention of handgun/restricted weapon (automatic rifles) crime statistics decreasing after 2022, which is what I am getting at.

I completely agree the US needs to change some things but what I'm asking is are the 1.5-2 year old laws made in Canada actually cutting down on gun violence in Canada? Because what I see first hand is no change.

That sounds pretty different actually. On one hand you have someone talking about being inconvenienced.

On the other hand you have someone in the industry talking about practicality. Biased or not, people that work in their respective areas generally know the most about that same area, as opposed to random people online.