Never Let A Good Distraction Go to Waste

Take gun control, for example.

We are hardly the United States but why let that be a concern?:

During the interview, after discussing Canada's response to American mass shootings, the prime minister argued that Canadians do not have the right to use guns for self-defense.

 

Yes, about that: 

While firearms ownership in Canada is not a legal right, self-defence is. Moreover, Canadians can use firearms to defend themselves.

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• 34 (1) A person is not guilty of an offence if

  • (a) they believe on reasonable grounds that force is being used against them or another person or that a threat of force is being made against them or another person;

  • (b) the act that constitutes the offence is committed for the purpose of defending or protecting themselves or the other person from that use or threat of force; and

  • (c) the act committed is reasonable in the circumstances.

So there's that.

It's not like you can trust the cops to help you, anyway.

Also - ram this through, just like the censorship bill:

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino yesterday served notice he will attempt to speed passage of a bill to freeze national handgun sales. Cabinet asked MPs to pass the bill without any committee hearings or testimony from gun owners, police or the public: “Pass this bill as quickly as possible.”

And:

“There are a lot of single mothers who want to take their children hunting and fishing and not rely on someone else,” Ms. Bosch said. “The archery course became really popular after the Hunger Games movie came out. And there are a lot of women who come here by themselves because their friends aren’t interested in what they want to do.”

She said there is also a growing awareness of food systems and the fragility of food supply chains – something that was laid bare during the pandemic and again during the extreme flooding that paralyzed the province last fall. Many women also want to eat organic – “and you can’t get any more organic than wild game,” she said.