A while back on this blog, I blogged about a case where a Canadian homeowner was awakened in the middle of the night by an armed intruder. The homeowner defended himself from the armed intruder. The intruder was air-lifted to a hospital, and the Canadian police arrested and charged the homeowner with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
Not content to have banned self-defense, but now they want to ban possession of bolt-action rifles and shotguns.
Here’s the story from Daily Signal:
Gun control in America’s northern neighbor has moved into confiscation phase, as Nova Scotia, Canada’s east coast province, kicked off a pilot program of “voluntary” gun buybacks in September, while the western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan say they will not comply.
The national ban was originally decreed by then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government in 2020, covering 1,500 models of rifles, but has since been expanded to include more than 2,500 models. And while the ban is purported to cover “semi-automatic firearms with sustained rapid-fire capability,” the list of prohibited firearms also includes more traditional bolt-action rifles and shotguns commonly used in hunting.
[…]The program will go nationwide later this fall.
[…]Canadians gun owners have complied with strict regulations but accepted the government’s pledges that it would respect the rights of hunters and sports shooters, he said. That compact has now been broken.
Naturally, the criminals aren’t going to turn in their guns. It’s just the law-abiding people who have to.
The article notes that failure to hand over your guns to the federal government is a criminal offense, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. This applies to people who live in rural areas who might have to deal with dangerous wildlife, as well. So it’s not just threats from violent rapists and murderers, it’s threats from animals that could literally kill you. The government just tells people “call the police” and “comply with the criminal’s orders”. I am not joking.
Colion Noir has actual video of the Canadian police explaining:
The article also notes that this ban on bolt-action rifles and shotguns was actually enacted by executive order. It was not passed through the House and Senate and signed into law. It’s just the command of the dictator who runs the poorly-named Liberal Party of Canada.
Look at what the criminal justice system is like in Canada:
A British Columbia court sentenced a 24-year-old refugee to probation and a suspended sentence on Wednesday over a violent stabbing incident in Vancouver last November.
Mohamed Abdalla Mohamed Elbahloul pleaded guilty to assault in connection with the stabbing and slashing of one man, and a minor charge related to the assault of another.
[…]Elbahloul was provided with a knife by one of his companions and used it to stab the victim’s stomach and then proceeded to also cut his legs. The victim required medical attention as a result of the fight.
Elbahloul also admitted to kicking another victim who was on the ground during the altercation.
[…]Judge Kathryn Denhoff acknowledged the seriousness of the crimes but noted that neither victim provided an impact statement.
She also considered what she called the challenging circumstances of Elbahloul’s background.
Displaced by war in his home country of Libya at a young age, Elbahloul experienced significant violence and loss, Denhoff argued in her decision.
This story reminds me of my recent blog post that talked about the consequences of having a feminized legal system. Compassion for criminals, and too bad for their victims.
This happens all the time, actually:
Recently, a Pakistani national narrowly avoided deportation due to a last-minute intervention by the Liberal government, despite participating in infrastructure blockades alongside climate extremist groups.
Do you think that it’s safe to travel to a country like this? I would avoid traveling to Canada at all costs. It’s not a safe country. And the police and criminal courts have zero liability for the results of their pro-criminal, anti-self-defense policies. You pay them, you are raped and murdered, and they don’t face any consequences for it. And the majority of their voters are OK with that.
