Nathalie Provost, spokesperson for the group PolySeSouvient and survivor of the École Polytechnique massacre, is about to make the leap into federal politics with Marc Carney’s Liberal team. Known for her gun control activism, Provost is expected to announce Friday that she will represent the Liberal Party of Canada, according to Le Devoir. She would […]
And switzerland but I guess they all have military training.
And are armed!!
The training is what we need to promote, for sure.
I don’t have a firm enough position on gun control to want it costing us money right now.
I would actually support mandatory basic training. As long as they don’t make me cut my hair. Lol
Ditto on both points. I’m genuinely struggling with the prospect of having to shorten my beard if I joined the reserves. I’ve been working for years to train/develop it into a distinctive style and I’m not even there yet.
My hair is almost down to my ass and I wouldn’t cut it for any reason lol
Do you prefer the Switzerland bureaucracy than ours?
Also, not sure how that helped them with…
/Check notes on the Switzerland wars./
Afghanistan war.
Well more like nobody dares attack switzerland because it would be impossible. Everyone has a bunker and an assault rifle and they know how to use it.
They are also very friendly with everyone, try to stay neutral, and more important, hold the key to a lot of money.
But they did not achieve that just by giving people guns, they teach it in schools, hold shooting competitions, lots of bureaucracy, and you can be charged for improper use of your equipment. Their society is not as divided, and they also have good support for their citizens.
Looking around the world, the places that controlled gun violence well either banned or added more bureaucracy. But it appears that people prefer to go the Australian way.