Western Standard - December 19, 2022


CSSA and CTF applauds the Alberta government for protecting the rights of gun owners


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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

153.36278

Word count

301

Sentence count

18


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The SKS has been used for hunting since the 1950s and has been deemed a useless gun for the military with a caliber of 7.62x39 calibre. The .308 is a semi-automatic rifle that can only be bought at surplus. It originally held 10 cartridges.

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00:00:00.000 Arthur Green, Western Standard.
00:00:02.540 Minister, do you believe this is the federal government trying to disarm Canadians?
00:00:09.160 Well, they're trying to remove legal firearms ownership,
00:00:11.920 and they're targeting Canadians who have lawfully obtained, purchased their firearms,
00:00:17.620 rather than working on measures that would improve safety in our communities.
00:00:22.360 Just a follow-up.
00:00:23.480 So the SKS, I don't know if you're familiar with the SKS rifle, but it's...
00:00:27.380 Ethan is.
00:00:27.780 It's an end-of-date semi-auto rifle that can only be bought at surplus.
00:00:33.100 It originally held 10 cartridges, but now it's been pinned to hold 5.
00:00:39.580 You know, this rifle has been used as a hunting rifle since the 1950s,
00:00:44.920 and now it's deemed a useless gun for the military with the caliber of only a 7.62x39,
00:00:53.100 and it's comparable to the .308, which is now being banned.
00:00:57.240 But, like, I don't understand how they're classifying which rifles to ban when they've been used for hunting for so many years.
00:01:07.120 I think the point is that there is no thought behind the decisions to be made with these proposed amendments.
00:01:12.900 And this isn't about safety.
00:01:14.620 It's not even this fig leaf that they originally were trying to hold up about it being assault-style,
00:01:19.540 and trying to scare Canadians because there was a firearm that looked scary.
00:01:23.680 I mean, the SKS doesn't even look scary, obviously.
00:01:26.100 Obviously, it isn't military-style, and it's not going to be a firearm that is going to be included
00:01:32.560 for what a country would be providing to its military, or even shotguns.
00:01:39.620 Shotguns that might have six or more cartridges in them if they are semi-automatic.
00:01:45.600 I mean, these are the types of firearms that would become illegal,
00:01:50.280 that are used by sport shooters, by hunters, by farmers,
00:01:53.320 and there is no thought behind where they're drawing these lines.