Hello /c/Canada

You know how there’s a 2nd amendment in the U.S. on the right to bear arms? I know that it was originally meant to allow people to form militias and defend their rights should the government become an authoritarian regime and stop following the constitution.

Is there anything similar in Canada in terms of laws or rights and freedoms?

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    4·
    7 days ago

    Well there’s an authoritarian regime in the US right now, frequently ignoring the Constitution in their actions. Look at what good their Second Amendment is doing currently in response to that - largely nothing outside of a handful of minor incidents and one pre-election close call in Butler, PA.

    • ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca
      2·
      5 days ago

      That is because for decades pro-gun groups and organizations in the US have been cooped by fascists and right-wing people. In the US the police and government didn’t generally like to get their hands dirty very often with suppressing minorities and disliked communities, they outsourced stuff like that to the Klan. In Canada it was (and is) different.

    • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.caOPEnglish
      42·
      6 days ago

      I think the tipping point might be the next presidential elections. They’re trying to avoid getting to that point, but if push comes to shove, I bet they’ll bear arms and start being more agressive.

      I mean, some democrats and even some pastors have called for getting your testament papers in order and possibly get armed to defend yourself with how things are headed under Trump. So who knows.