Thread: Guns in Canada
I will not tell anyone what to think. People NEED to educate themself on the issues, policies, statistics & how they all work together. Feel free to drop some knowledge in their feed🙂
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1st step in to familiarize yourself with the Firearms Act; An Act respecting firearms and other weapons

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11.6/page-1.html
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The next step is to learn the statistics on
Firearm-related violent crime

The downward trend stopped in 2013 and, since then, it has gone up 42%.../3
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/89-28-0001/2018001/article/00004-eng.htm
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Interesting stats.
If you can, watch Year of the Gun
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https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/m/features/gun-violence-by-the-numbers
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Firearms, Accidental Deaths, Suicides and Violent Crime: An Updated Review of the Literature with Special Reference to the Canadian Situation.../5
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https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/wd98_4-dt98_4/p5.html
Interesting facts.
The debate on gun control in Canada suffers from the spread of misinformation and untruths, many of which sound credible on the surface, but don’t hold up under further scrutiny. Don’t be fooled by the sound bites.../6
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http://guncontrol.ca/issues-and-facts/myths-and-facts/
Some great accounts to follow on Twitter
* Don't be fooled by accounts that claim to be experts. The huge majority of them are just run by random gun lover advocates..../10
@cgcguncontrol
@TraumaCanada
@docs4guncontrol
@ajdmfoundation
@gunpolicyorg
@GunDeaths
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Conservatives plan.../11
A thread on #ScheerNonsense re: #GunSense
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Liberal plan...12
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Somethings I know for sure though, more guns = more violence and there is never a reason to argue against safety for everyone.

I'll keep adding to this thread as I come upon interesting articles and contacts. /end
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Liberals promise to prohibit semi-automatic assault rifles, allow cities to ban handguns #cdnpoli #elxn43
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberal-gun-control-trudeau-2019-1.5290950
"Empirically, the study supported the proposition that the legislation was correlated with a reduction in homicides caused by firearm injuries." #cdnpoli #elxn43
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/wd98_4-dt98_4/p8.html
https://twitter.com/Learning2GetBy/status/1256316144014684160?s=19
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