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[โ€“] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is the main driver behind gun control in Canada post 2020. They keep saying they need new laws to honor the 14 young women shot dead in 1989 but in reality they stopped giving a fuck about all shooting victims a long time ago. They know it is going to get so bad that a landlord or corrupt politician is going to get shot and they want to forbid as many firearms as possible.

The fact that some European countries are loosening up some restrictions to train their populations to shoot in light of Russian aggression should tell you that an armed populace absolutely has some deterrent effect. Not against air strikes, but against ground invasion. In Canada the army will not hold up for long against a US invasion, but they will fail in the long term against armed resistance. Carney even floated the idea of an armed resistance force, but he is still passing as many privacy violating laws as possible and sharing as much information as possible with both US governmental agencies and corporations. meaning if a US invasion happens the Americans will have a ready made list of all Canadians who might resist or have firearms permits or experience with the military or demolitions. We would be royally fucked.

[โ€“] Draegur@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

If the US actually invades Canada, I personally preemptively forgive all Canadians for letting their inner "Crazy Canuck" out and inventing some new war crimes to make my vicious, sadistic, deranged countrymen regret fucking with y'all.

It has become clear to me that the 21st century must be the century of United States Humiliation. This place needs to learn a god damn lesson that it will never forget.