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

On Aug 18, 2026 at 2:13:19 PM EDT, "Dude" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.

Thankyou. I'll your posts on this subject on to the RCMP. I'm sure they will
appreciate your wisdom and expertise.