Denean Tomlin on Firearms Rights, Hunting and Shooting Sports

Hunters, sport shooters and firearms owners in Canada subject themselves to training and licensing requirements and undergo regular background checks by police. According to the National Firearms Association, people licensed to own guns are three to five times less likely to commit murder. Globally, countries with higher civilian firearms ownership tend to see lower homicide rates. When violent crimes are committed with firearms in Canada, and presumably around the world, they are largely committed by criminals who are illegally possessing firearms. Who knew… people willing to commit murder aren’t always sticklers for licensing rules and proper paperwork.

Historically speaking, countries disarming their populations has not resulted in a decrease in firearms deaths, but rather skyrocketing deathrates… usually driven by the government shooting its own citizens, and if you don’t believe me, just see the Ottoman Empire post 1911, the Soviet Union post 1929, China post 1935, Germany post 1938, Cambodia post 1956, well the list goes on, but you get the idea.

With all that said Canada’s handgun freezes (Bill C-21), the seemingly endless and ever-growing list of often arbitrary firearms prohibitions, and the planned extremely costly forced buyback of some of those guns, is set to proceed under Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite there being little to no evidence it will reduce crime or make anyone safer.

These endless attacks on firearms rights do no public good, but they have managed to inconvenience and undermine the rights of law-abiding Canadian citizens, who enjoy safely shooting guns, in extremely serious ways.

To discuss the impact of the ongoing war against Canada’s firearm heritage by this nation’s government, Adam is pleased to be joined by Denean Tomlin, a firearms advocate and host of the She Shoots Podcast.

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