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)
@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.
@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 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.