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So, you basically think that when Canadians broadly elected Trudeau on a platform of reigning in gun crime and banning assault style firearms, they were mistaken in their choice?
You're nitpicking a procedural issue, not grossly violating a charter right.
"You know it's bad when a conservative idiot panders to his base?"
"You know it's bad when Canada Post doesn't want to take on the responsibility of collecting and storing mass amounts of firearms, something they've never done before, have no training or expertise in doing, and would make them obvious targets for violent criminals?"
LMFAO. What the fuck are you talking about?
No, I didn't. I explicitly asked why anyone should give two shits about gun nuts participating in fake sports. Buy a big buck machine, or take up darts, they're cheaper and more fun.
Trudeau never reigned in gun crime which ruined his credibility, he had 10 whole years to accomplish that task, the statistics are public knowledge.
You call people who own firearms gun nuts but it’s a hobby just like any other, it’s like if I called people who like to knit sewing-freaks.
Frankly quite insulting and unnecessary.
That has literally nothing to do with the constitutionality of his mandate.
No, it's fucking not. It's a hobby that requires the mass manufacture and ownership of instant, point and click, murder tools.
Trudeau having a mandated doesn't mean he has carte blanche to violate the constitution. Unconstitutional laws have been passed, and struck down, before, and doubtless will be again. I'm not saying this particular situation is violating the constitution, but saying someone is elected prime minister means they can do whatever they want, or that it's legal to do so, is demonstrably false.
My response wasn't made in a vacuum, it was made in response to someone claiming that the issue was that he can't delegate authority to the RCMP.
I never said that Trudeau couldn't delegate authority. I said that the RCMP alone should not be designating which guns are legal or illegal.
In fact the Governor-in-Council (aka the Governor General) and the Privy Council have been doing this for years (https://www.securitepublique.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/prlmntry-bndrs/20200930/005/index-en.aspx and https://www.constitutionalstudies.ca/2019/07/governor-in-council/).