Oy! I loved Carey Price, but I’m taking a hard pass on this and unfollowing him.
The CCDAF is a firearm org and they use the promo code: POLY which refers to the Polytechnique massacre in Montreal in 1989 where 14 women were killed by a man that was jealous women were allowed to take engineering courses.
This is a hard no from me.
Article about the photo, Polytechnique survivors speaking out against it and info on the CCDAF (in French):
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2022/12/05/le-debat-sur-les-armes-a-feu-relance-a-cause-de-price
Omg that code is disgusting.
@Shelter @FPonTheDL They're all "oh we're just reacting to the account". My dad target shoots and used to get their magazine (I think they do a request for anyone with a licence and send them the mag for free at first). When he got it, it was genuinely a magazine for people who shot. Honestly, pretty benign. Over the years it morphed into "black helicopters zomg!!" adjacent bullshit. He unsubscribed mb a decade ago.
@Shelter @FPonTheDL also as far as I know, as long he respects the max number of rounds in the tube mag, no one wants his shotgun.
@Shelter @FPonTheDL (I'm largely good with the rule bing "no semi-autos, small mags/capacity, serious storage rules and periodic checks)
@NickTheSkydiver @Shelter @FPonTheDL oh totally. Mb "detachable magazine" is the line we draw then.
@Camerondotca @Shelter @FPonTheDL Yes, but even at that, not really that helpful a distinction. That's really the challenge about the technical description as criteria, you might wind up inadvertently including things that aren't as much the problem.
The whole new banned list now has become a bit of a farce and a distraction from real issues about gun violence this doesn't do much of anything about.
@NickTheSkydiver @Shelter @FPonTheDL oh totally. it's like the 'gang de rue" and "anti-gun squads" here in montreal. These serve the purpose of being good PR for stupid stenographer style journos and further oppressing already over policed communities. Better use of everyone's time would be stopping more of the folks like the dude they caught with the HUGE ASS duffle bag of ghost guns.
@NickTheSkydiver @Shelter @FPonTheDL I guess where I'm coming from is I work at a place that had a school shooting, I went to uni at a place where there was one and I have very very clear memories of the Polytech night. So I want people to have a really hard time reloading quickly. I recognize that you can drill to be faster but most of these dolts don't.
@Camerondotca @Shelter @FPonTheDL Understandable for sure. I want to keep firearms of all types well away from anyone who should not have them. Dawson College shooter legally bought his, and somehow a diagnosed schizophrenic got a firearms license, bought an SKS, and shot four people with it including two cops. That should not be possible but it is.
@Camerondotca @Shelter @FPonTheDL Mostly same, but semi-automatic isn't a bogeyman term. Lots of hunters use them for a number of reasons. Especially for smaller and/or disabled people they can be more manageable.