Re: as an anarchist, i'm pretty disappointed with guns nuts ...

On 8/18/2026 10:11 AM, Tara wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2026 at 12:52:46 PM EDT, "Tara" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 18, 2026 at 12:28:23 PM EDT, "Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/17/2026 4:40 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>> On Aug 17, 2026 at 4:24:52 PM EDT, "Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8/17/2026 3:34 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>> On Aug 17, 2026 at 3:26:05 PM EDT, "Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 8/17/2026 3:02 PM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Aug 17, 2026 at 2:45:52 PM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Guns are tools for killing people.  So best idea:  don't have a gun
>>>>>>>>> unless you intend to kill people.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> assault guns and hand guns have only one use - killing other people
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rifles, long and shot guns are for hunting and are for killing animals
>>>>>>>> (preferably for food) and in rare occasions, for animal defence. If you aren't
>>>>>>>> using them, or have them for these reasons, you don't need them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> simple, right.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The neat thing about human rights that are encoded in written
>>>>>>> constitution that includes the right own and bear arms, is that it
>>>>>>> prevents other people telling you that you can't own a gun. And in those
>>>>>>> places where you do have the right to use force in self-defense to
>>>>>>> protect your life, people can do that.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In other words, you don't get a say in the matter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Exactly. We didn't want that right in our Constitution. So we do get a say. No
>>>>>> really, I just want to stop the smuggling of guns from the U.S. across the
>>>>>> border into Canada. We have enough problems to deal with:).
>>>>>
>>>>> In the US the purchaser needs to provide ID when buying a gun, and it's
>>>>> illegal to buy a gun if it's intended for another person. And it's
>>>>> illegal in both the US and Canada to smuggle them.
>>>>>
>>>>> So it's likely most of the guns that are used in crimes in Canada were
>>>>> stolen from legal owners.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's so easy to smuggle something small like a gun. If it's going to be
>>>>> stopped it will probably have to be by putting your gun criminals away
>>>>> for a long time.
>>>>
>>>> Illegal handguns in Canada primarily originate from the United States, where
>>>> they are heavily trafficked across the border to feed a lucrative black
>>>> market. While overall crime gun data from the RCMP includes many domestically
>>>> sourced long guns used in rural areas, tracing data specifically for handguns
>>>> recovered in major urban centers—like Toronto and across Ontario—shows that
>>>> 85% to 90% are smuggled from the U.S..
>>>> -Bbc
>>>>
>>>> They are hidden in gas tanks, the trunks of cars, in luggage, or on someone's
>>>> body. In one remarkable instance involving Montrealer Alexis Vlachos, firearms
>>>> were smuggled through a public library that straddles the border with the U.S.
>>>>
>>>>       Last year, The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) was granted an extra
>>>> $51.5 million in funding over five years to enhance screening, detection and
>>>> training around firearms smuggling. The RCMP were also given $34.5 million
>>>> over five years for the new Integrated Criminal Firearms Initiative to enhance
>>>> intelligence gathering, technology and investigations.
>>>>
>>>> Superintendent Jason Crowley with the Windsor police department says the
>>>> appeal of smuggling guns is pure economics.
>>>>
>>>> "You will see a gun, a firearm purchased in the States for potentially $200 to
>>>> $300, and they'll go on the streets [in Canada] for $3,000."
>>>>
>>>> Crowley calls it a "pipeline" — guns smuggled across the border from Detroit
>>>> into Windsor, and then to cities across the country. He says the influx of
>>>> firearms has contributed to an increase in violent gun crime in Canada.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/national-gun-trafficking-straw-buying-smuggling-firearms-1.5126228
>>>
>>> So what is Canada going to do to stop it?
>>
>> Accept that there is nothing we can do to stop it fully. What we can do is
>> keep it down as best we can.
> 
> However, without buyers there would be no sale. The vast majority who purchase
> handguns smuggled in from the States are Canadian street gangs and Canadian
> organized crime.. So...along with the influx, we need to focus on those
> Canadians who purchase.
 >
It will be very difficult to halt the Canadian arms industry.