Canada will attempt to ban sales of all handguns.

 

Justin Trudeau makes the announcement. Reuters. 

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proposed a bill that would ban the sale of all handguns in his country. Reuters. The bill, if passed, would take effect immediately and the Canadian government has already bypassed regulatory amendments. The bill would also ban standard capacity magazine, limiting them to five rounds, and would ban anyone with a domestic abuse charge or stalking charge from owning a firearm. Trudeau also falsely claimed that there was no reason for anyone in Canada to own a firearm outside of hunting and sport shooting. 

My Comment:

In a sane world the US president would be sanctioning the hell out of Canada for this and other abuses of their citizens. It was not long ago that they were freezing the bank accounts of peaceful protesters and now they are banning handguns. Instead we have a president that looks to our evil foes to the north and thinks that they are a good example to follow. 

As you can see I am totally opposed to this bill, which would eliminate the right to self defense in Canada, as tenuous as that is already. Trudeau didn't even mention the act that guns are used for self defense and I can only conclude that he believes that the average Canadian life is totally worthless. He would have his people suffer under criminals that won't follow his stupid laws in the first place with no recourse to defend themselves. 

I think this bill will pass, the Canadian government has proven once and again that they have zero regard for the rights of people there. Even the opposition party has zero backbone and will roll over for Trudeau just like when they did when the assault weapon ban happened or Trudeau went after the trucker protest. 

I do think it is telling that the Canadians have not said they will confiscate handguns. They probably realize that doing so is totally impossible. But by banning further sales they think they can lower the number of handguns. This is incredibly foolish because they have a huge undefended border with the United States. It will be trivial for people to smuggle in firearms and personally I would consider it a moral thing to do. 

What is shocking to me is that this evil legislation was proposed in response to an American shooting. Texas is thousands of miles away from Canada and what happens there is totally irrelevant to most Canadians. Indeed, it's largely irrelevant to me in Wisconsin. Why should Canadians lose their rights because someone in Texas did something evil? It makes zero sense. 

Canada does not have the crime and violence problem that the United States has and that has nothing to do with their gun laws. The people there are less violent period.  Their last major mass shooting, to put it into internet terms, glows, but other than that they are mostly peaceful. It makes no sense to crack down on guns, other than the fact that Trudeau will allow no possibility of dissent against him...