Unify Action - July 18, 2025


I Grill Students On Gun Ownership - Watch Them CHANGE Their Position!


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00:00:00.080 Canada's Public Safety Minister doesn't know what an RPAL is.
00:00:03.600 Chair, does the minister know what an RPAL is?
00:00:05.840 No minister.
00:00:06.960 I do not.
00:00:08.240 Now, I'm not going to be that tough on Canadians. I'm not going to get them to tell me what an RPAL is.
00:00:13.440 I'm just going to get them to tell me what a PAL is.
00:00:16.400 So we're here in York University and that's what we're doing.
00:00:22.400 There's a specific government-issued license. It's called a Possession and Acquisition License.
00:00:28.960 do you know what that's for no i don't not at all not at all okay not at all no i do not no
00:00:40.960 no honestly the very first time i heard of it it's shortened to pal so p-a-l have you heard
00:00:47.680 anyone say oh i've got my pal no not yet like is it new is it no it's been around for quite a while
00:00:54.560 no no no no okay um no not from ncat my friends it's the license that someone is required to get
00:01:03.680 in order to own buy sell a firearm so in order for someone to get their pal they have to go
00:01:11.440 through a very long process it takes months they first have to take the cfsc so the canadian
00:01:17.120 firearm safety course and then after that after you take the course then you have to
00:01:21.600 apply to the government to get your PAL. And that takes several months and during
00:01:26.100 that time the RCMP will vet them and see if they're like they passed a criminal
00:01:29.640 background check and a mental health check. Given that we have that sort of
00:01:33.340 system in Canada, it makes sense that only 98% of the crime, the gun crime that 0.58
00:01:38.620 happens in Canada, is not done by lawful PAL holders. So PAL holders, that makes
00:01:45.600 sense right? The system is so good that criminals just never get to holding a PAL
00:01:50.520 and so criminals actually will go through illegal processes to get a firearm but lately what we've
00:01:56.120 been seeing is the canadian government is now trying to ban guns from pal holders and start
00:02:02.920 taking like even these hunting rifles like people will use them for hunting but they're still they're
00:02:08.120 beginning to ban firearms does it make sense for them to do that personally based on what you've
00:02:13.160 told me? I think not. I don't think, I don't really see the reason why they should take
00:02:21.560 it if the statistic doesn't really show that they should.
00:02:24.760 No, I don't think that's right. I feel like if you go through the proper processes of
00:02:29.680 having it and it was legal prior to that and it was probably used for hunting, then I feel
00:02:36.680 like it's fine.
00:02:37.680 no i think when when they are cleared to have guns without any criminal record and they especially
00:02:47.280 with the trainings and all the licensing required for that i think it's their right to have it if
00:02:55.280 they know how to use it and if they know when to use it and banning that i don't think would help
00:03:02.400 anyone but they are still trying to make a lot of these hunting rifles illegal why do you think
00:03:09.040 they're doing that i think they're just trying to maybe show that they're trying to crack down on a
00:03:14.560 gun problem in a way but it's not actually effective maybe i guess illegal hunting practices
00:03:24.240 let's say i give you the license to use guns and i see some shootings so i'm taking away your guns
00:03:29.840 that's going to solve the problem i think the problem comes from somewhere more like deeper
00:03:35.280 and the pro i think the problem comes from somewhere else and the government should look
00:03:39.600 for that problem instead of banning the guns like the government knows this though they know that
00:03:44.560 those power holders aren't doing the shootings right it's like it's known like you don't stop
00:03:50.800 on your way to rob the bank yeah to wait months before you can even have the firearm but they're
00:03:57.040 still doing it so do you think the issue with the government banning guns though is more that the
00:04:01.280 government wants control rather than the government government wants to end crime they're saying that
00:04:07.120 they're doing something and in like on the outside but i don't think that it'll solve solve the
00:04:13.840 problem we never hear the government saying oh we need to help our citizens defend themselves as
00:04:19.520 best as they can we never hear that from our governments and it's just like it's the control
00:04:25.440 thing it's not them defending us against crime it's not them helping us stay safe it's them
00:04:32.000 controlling us that's why they want to ban firearms and i encourage you to know that like
00:04:36.080 you have that information you can go look it up online too and see all the requirements for
00:04:40.080 someone getting their pal um yeah spread that around to students tell them that when the
00:04:46.240 government is banning guns it's it's a control issue it's not a crime issue yeah there you have
00:04:53.120 given the facts straight and clear Torontonians will admit the gun control is
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