open carry petition
 

Good luck! That will never pass. Even with a Harper government. I like shooting and hunting as much as the next guy, but day to day I feel safe already. People openly carrying (even the law abiding, background checked and PAL certified) will not make me feel any more or less safe. The government will say "Why fix whats not broken"

Brilliant! You don't like it so it shouldn't be allowed.

So if someone wanted to open carry while hunting, where would he start to get the law changed?:thinking-006:

It's ok to carry a fiream capable of killing several hundred yards away, but gun owners are too stupid and irresponsible to carry a handgun?:thinking-006:

I think it has more to do with wanting to carry and hunt with a hand gun that to "feel safe"
I could care less about the safe part, I want to hunt with them!:)
Cat

Redfrog I'm not arguing with you as I do agree that being able to openly carry while hunting is logical. However that petition doesn't mention even once the word hunting. As it is currently worded I think there is a better chance of a snowball in hell that it will change anything.

What we need is more people to stand up and say they want the law changed, and believe it can be changed. If we feel defeated before we start nothing will ever change.

The entire premise of the petition is "for protection". Im all for open carry ,no guile, im carrying. However im beliver in the swiss model. Earn the right to carry in public.

Of course if someone is that committed to making something happen, then of course it will fail. why even read it nevermind support it.

I have never entered into any negotiations asking for the least I would settle for and trying to work my way up.

We should actually be lobbying for Concealed arry and settle for open carry while hunting
The gun laws are political and do nothing for public safety.

Canada - .5 murders per 100,000 population. 2.38 deaths (accidental, suicide included) per 100,000 population.

United States - 3.6 murders per 100,000 population. 10.3 deaths (accidental, suicide included) per 100,000 population.

Both stats are for guns. What is it we are wanting to protect ourselves from?

x2! Hunting hogs or yotes with a scoped handgun looks like an absolute hoot. Heck, even varmints with a .22 would be great. Where's the petition for that? :)

Protection? that's what we have police and judges for. BTW any stats on how many murders the cops prevented. How many victims they saved from getting shot? How many were sot by cops? Any stats on how many chrimes were stopped or prevented by VICTIMS who were armed?


A couple of cut up potatoes in a bowl is not a stew. Give us the whole recipe.

Americans lol.

Nope, just these ones. Just wasn't sure what we were seeking protection from was all.

Stats aside, I wanna shoot does with an Uzi. I'm all in....

Apparently :)

Our police have guns wouldn't that equal out that similarity. Ah no because the us has a fire arm for every citzen . 3x as lightly to die of a gunshot just because one lives in that country. Come on . Our system sure looks better on paper.

Big differance between owning a car and driving .

That's some honesty I can certainly respect.

During hunting I could understand. But either way it won't happen. As per the American model, we clearly have better safety figures and it is, at least to some degree, because of the rules we have in place. Protection from people? I think there would be a lot of vigilantes and more problems.

As for the being able to kill with a rifle from really far. How many thugs are getting out and practising their shot? How will they get to the best vantage point and account for variables? With a hundgun they just conceal it and walk up - BOOM - and run. The bad guys are already carrying them and we don;t know. And now everyone around that just witnessed the situation pulls out (they're now legal as per the hypothetical) their gun and starts firing as well. More innocents hurt, more choas... the list goes on.

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x2… I don't envy the Americans at all

Make it harder to get a PAL in this country, then I might support an open carry petition

I'm going to be honest. I don't want open or concealed carry in Canada.

What makes more sense and what I want is wilderness carry. I wanna be able to take my handgun out in the bush.

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Signed.......i want to be able to pack on my waist hunting and or varminting/plinking at the farm

Wow, how big are the varmints on your farm?

Look at oilfield signs. All shot to crap. If we cant be safe with long arms how or why would they let us use hand guns?
Id love to see it happen but we don't stand a chance.
JMO
Rob

Who says he's not planning on packing a .22? :confused:

Hunting with a .45LColt / .410 same barrelled handgun would be fun. I also hear what RFrog is saying by starting "high" with the petition and settle for carry during hunting.

Oh man, some of you guys make me shake my head. No one has a problem with people carrying a gun during hunting season but God forbid you carry a pistol on your hip.

I've lived in Canada and the US and let me tell you, an armed society is a polite society. The people down here have more respect for each other than in Canada. As I type this I've got a Springfield XDM on my hip. Do I carry because I'm scared? No, I carry because I can, and I'll protect myself, my family and my property at any cost. I'm the same person armed or unarmed in Canada or the US. Violence against people has little to do with guns and more to do with people not respecting each other.