The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

[Cloud Cover]

Based on what?

How many of the owners are urban/suburban shooters who do it for fun rather than die-hard gun rights people making a stand?

I’ll bet almost all B.C. owners of restricted and prohibited subject to the ban are dyed in the wool traditional conservatives or libertarians. Unlikely - very unlikely - to give anything to the government. Certainly not to the tune of 7000.
Could be - maybe - senior citizens who won’t use them again and really need the money.
But nobody should trust the federal government and especially that part of the federal government in this issue.

 

[Furniture]

I’ll bet almost all B.C. owners of restricted and prohibited subject to the ban are dyed in the wool traditional conservatives or libertarians. Unlikely - very unlikely - to give anything to the government. Certainly not to the tune of 7000.
Could be - maybe - senior citizens who won’t use them again and really need the money.
But nobody should trust the federal government and especially that part of the federal government in this issue.

When I lived in Victoria there were plenty of people who had cool NR guns that had them for fun out at Vic Fish and Game, other ranges in the area, or the local crown land shooting spots, but weren't what you would consider "dyed in the wool traditional conservatives"... On the contrary, many were pretty centre/left leaning people who happened to like guns, but guns didn't define their politics.

It's easy to assume that what you have personally experienced is a universal truth, but often times it isn't. BC has the lower mainland, and Vancouver Island, that are full of lots of centre/left leaning people. It's not hard to imagine that 7K firearms were registered by those people in those two locations alone.

 

[IKnowNothing]

Based on what?

How many of the owners are urban/suburban shooters who do it for fun rather than die-hard gun rights people making a stand?

Or pragmatic fuddish type with 1-2 PCC's or budget AR's that were essentially novelty safequeens prior to the ban?

 

[Halifax Tar]

Do you trust those numbers?
7000 in BC?
I’m calling BS on that.

BC is a big place.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Those numbers are surprising.

Surprisingly high or low ?

 

[Lumber]

Surprisingly high or low ?

Surprisingly high.

 

[Cloud Cover]

Just got another reminder in my email to declare my firearms, with veiled threats of what awaits non-compliance.

I haven’t checked my spam.

BC is a big place.

Decreasing population 2 years straight.
Once out of the lower mainland and Vancouver coastal regions, it’s a very dark blue and Conservative region. Very hostile to Victoria and Ottawa.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Surprisingly high.

Alberta and BC are roughly the same population levels.

I actually expected more from Alberta.

 

[NavyShooter]

Here's the video I found that has an OK explanation of these numbers:

 

[OldSolduer]

I received an email from the Queen's Cowboys telling me if I had a naughty gun I had better turn it in.

I don't and I thought they knew where the guns were.

 

[Furniture]

I received an email from the Queen's Cowboys telling me if I had a naughty gun I had better turn it in.

I don't and I thought they knew where the guns were.

Lots of people have/had previously non-restricted firearms like Tavors, AR 180 variants, etc., so the RCMP would have no idea who has them. They just sent an email to everybody with a PAL, to make sure nobody had an excuse if they are caught after 30 Oct with a now prohibited firearm.

I'm guessing the email is because they are seeing very few of the previously NR rifles in the registration for compensation.

 

[Haggis]

I'm waiting to see the structure and composition of these "Mobile Collection Teams" and their SOPs.

Given the now public data breach from the CFP in 2022, what's to say three folks don't show up at your house dressed like cops (that's never happened before) saying they are from a Mobile Collection Team. The take your guns, give you a worthless paper receipt and drive off into the underworld.

 

[Furniture]

I'm waiting to see the structure and composition of these "Mobile Collection Teams" and their SOPs.

Given the now public data breach from the CFP in 2022, what's to say three folks don't show up at your house dressed like cops (that's never happened before) saying they are from a Mobile Collection Team. The take your guns, give you a worthless paper receipt and drive off into the underworld.

I'm guessing the collections will be done at selected sights, rather than travelling door to door. Based on the email today it seems each registered person will receive an email or link with details for drop-off.

 

[Booter]

any police chief in Canada supporting any door to door on this isn’t for for the job.

 

[Halifax Tar]

any police chief in Canada supporting any door to door on this isn’t for for the job.

I dont think you'll see that.

After Oct what ever the number the LPC will declare it a huge success, greatest success ever. And LEOs will have to deal with what ever pops up in their calls.