SoapBoxGuns

C-22 does not create new surveilance powers, all it does is require electronic service providers to track and record every single thing you do so that the this information can be readily available to the government if they need it. Don't worry though that's totally different from suveilance. Govt out here telling us they're not going to do the thing while simultaneously telling us the bill is actively and purposefully designed to do the thing. Gaslighting at its finest.

@IanRunkle I mean... what did you think they meant when they promised to clean up our streets and keep people safe? For real though. They've been promising 1k new officers for several years at this point. Annnnnny minute now...

They keep making this announcement, and then they keep not doing it. But they quietly changed it from "officers" to the new "personnel", so if they hire a janitor they want it to count. That janitor is really helping keep the streets safe.

Nothing is in the pipeline on that front so far as I'm aware. And yes, in the last year or so he has been much more supportive of our community. Really, it was only once Trudeau's popularity began to wane did he change his tune on firearms and self defence and so forth. He has not always been this way, at least not from where I'm sitting. Ontario has applied as an intervener in the CCFR's court case heading to the Supreme Court in regards to the gun ban. That's not meaningless, but it's also entirely possible the SCC shoots us down anyway. There are more concrete things he could/should be doing if he's going so far as to openly encourage noncompliance. Who knows. Maybe this is the opening move on that gambit.

@SoapBoxGuns @Calibremag SBG I honestly don’t know how to read Doug Ford. I will say that on self defence & FA owners he has been vocal & supports FA owners.You know where he stands. ON is joining the CCFR with AB &SK. I do wish Ford would roll out legislation like AB & SK. In the pipeline?

Damn, bro. Randomly going back to the mic on an unrelated question to also say, "gun owners, protect your guns. Simple as that. Don’t ever give them away," while standing like three feet from one of the Liberal cabinet's gun ban champions? You gotta love it.

@junebugspitfire @Calibremag indeed

@SoapBoxGuns @Calibremag Well, the Ontario AG is intervening in support of the CCFR against the Feds. Decent start.

@1CanadianPilot I am aware

@SoapBoxGuns I don't think people appreciate just how significant that is.

I mean... it's something. But Why doesn't Ford do anything to actually help? Just a little over a year ago he said "I'd rather keep guns out of our communities" (talking about lawful gun owners in the context of self/home defence). Sounds like he's only in our corner when it's convenient. It's great that he, for the time being, appears to support lawful gun owners, but why does he expect gun owners to do this alone? "don't ever give em away" when he has no skin in the game and isn't lifting a finger to help feels a lot more like hanging us out to dry. That's not enough when the feds plan to criminalize almost a million innocent Canadians in 5 months time. Ford's gotta step up. Lipservice ain't gonna cut it this late in the game imo. He's gotta run interference. Introduce and pass some legislation similar to what SK and AB have been doing. Make a stand. Anything else is just empty words.

Of course. That's not nothing. Perhaps the term "anything" is a bit unfair in the post. But from my perspective, ford has been very wishy-washy on this. As he is on many other topics. In the last year he has come out more vocally in support of gun owners, which is very good, but that's mostly only in comparison to his behavior and rhetoric in years past where he was singing a very different tune. I guess my frustration is that he's encouraging Canadians to stick their neck out on this even when he won't stick his own neck out on this. I'm very much a believer in your SCC case, but there's every possibility that even with the help of Ontario, the SCC might shoot you/our community down. There are far more concrete things he could be doing, or at least pursuing, if he really truly supported our community. SK/AB is standing shoulder to shoulder with our community. Ford is currently cheering from the bleachers (which is not "nothing" I suppose). So for me, his words feel cheap and hollow. Or maybe I'm just hungry and should eat a snickers. idk.

@SoapBoxGuns @Freecanuck1 He intervened

@Dicky_Paul_95 @Polysesouvient @rcmpgrcpolice @TheSpec @DanforthFSC Remington 870? That's 'designed for law enforcement'! Why would any civilian need a 'cop-style firearm'?

@Polysesouvient @rcmpgrcpolice @TheSpec @DanforthFSC You guys always miss the forest for the trees. If the firearm was a Remington 870 what will you do?

OpEd: The @rcmpgrcpolice has duty to disclose what guns were used in #TumblerRidge mass shooting: keeping this information from the public prevents informed debate about Canada’s gun control laws and their enforcement thespec.com/opinion/contri… @TheSpec @DanforthFSC

@Polysesouvient @rcmpgrcpolice @TheSpec @DanforthFSC If the only take-away you're looking for here is the model of firearm used, then you're wholly disinterested in having an 'informed debate'.

@CCFR_CCDAF @douglasdowney Poor Eichenberg left out in the cold =(

#BREAKING: Attorney General for the Ontario Government, @DouglasDowney, has asked to INTERVENE on CCFR's behalf at the Supreme Court of Canada. 🇨🇦

🚨 CBC Buried Footage🚨 Forgotten segment from Rick Mercer on CBC calling out government spying on Canadians? I wonder where that energy is now for Bill C-22? Don't we need CBC like this? What happened? 🤷‍♂️

@ProfLauraHuey Further, my research shows that hunting and sports shooting are integral sources of community and social interaction for many rural Canadians. Raising disingenuous concerns about mental health as an excuse to destroy these support networks is counterproductive.

It's pretty awful that the government account is used to push propaganda instead of accurate assessments of the law. "Hey, look, it doesn't require them to keep _all_ data. Just the data we find useful! Like where you have been every second for the last year."

Yes. ~126k of the banned firearms were previously restricted according to the Cape Breton Technical briefing. They account for a fairly insignificant portion of the total banned firearms. It's a ridiculous thing to suggest that banning some guns or one type of gun will prevent ipv suicide or youth harm. Even a full ban on all firearms would likely have minimal effect on these metrics. We do have to be cautious with the crime metrics though. Libs are planning to fix some of their mess and bring in criminal justice reform at some point in the next year here. At the very same time, the confiscation program will finish up (assuming the amnesty doesn't extend by too much). The crime statistics going forward could get reduced as a result of criminal justice reform, if the Libs do it right anyway, but that is not the story they will tell us in the future. It will be a story about how gun confiscations work to reduce gun crime - even though no one participated in the gun confiscation program and very few handguns have been lost to the handgun freeze so far. Their lies won't make any more sense then than they do now, but that won't stop them from peddling their narratives as they always do. Gun bans and gun confiscation has never made any sense and the Liberals already know this. It's all political theatre. They're going to manufacture whatever 'evidence' they can and stack the deck in order to create the illusion of success.

I watched it. Here’s my takeaways: ▶️ Wendy was incorrect when she said the majority of guns banned were previously restricted and registered. There are 90k AR-15’s alone. Of the est 2M affected guns most were previously NR ▶️ Campbell warns enforcing the ban will overload the justice system and cops ▶️ there are 250k new charges annually in the ON courts. Charges against gunnies will take priority and real criminals will get off ▶️ Wendy says IPV, suicide and youth violence will be curbed (zero evidence) ▶️ both say the crime stats will be the metric to determine success (they’ll be disappointed) Complete nothingburger but it would have been nice for @tvo to speak to the ONLY people impacted, licensed owners 🇨🇦 Where are Canada’s undeclared firearms? #nunya

FEDS ADMIT NO DATA TO BACK GUN GRAB: @TaxpayerDOTcom asked for “all analysis from the department on the efficacy of the ASFCP and its effect on crime rates/public safety.” @Safety_Canada's response? “No information related to your request exists” More: discoverhumboldt.com/articles/taxpa…

Unless you're looking for a cinema grade audio experience and you're something of an audiophile, honestly, you won't notice any meaningful difference after the first few hundred dollars. Spend a couple minutes tweaking your EQ after purchase and the difference matters even less. Even if you had the $2000 system next to the $300 system, many people would find it hard to appreciate the difference. Lots of media/sound cards out there can't even leverage the difference. Gaming is one area where the media can usually keep pace with the equipment, but for the best gaming experience you should be wearing headphones anyway.

I'm guessing they saw how I was dressed and thought, "This is a man who makes bad decisions, I bet we can get a great commission here." First part: True. Second part: No.

Went to Best Buy to pick up new speakers because I wanted them now rather than later. Customer service was so awful that "later" seems like a much better choice.

@IanRunkle I have a higher end PC spent $30 on the speakers. They work just fine.

It's happening in real time, and they're not even hiding it anymore. This is what people keep voting for. It boggles the mind.