Guns Must Not Be Used For Self-Defense, Canada s Trudeau Insists | The Daily Wire
Guns are for hunting and target practice, but never for self defense, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week, continuing his crusade against firearms.
Trudeau, who is pushing a sweeping measure aimed at freezing the sale, purchase, or transfer of handguns in Canada, told the Pod Save America podcast his country takes a completely different view of firearms than its southern neighbor. No one in Canada has a right to defend themselves, their family or their property with a firearm, Trudeau declared.
We have a culture where the difference is: Guns can be used for hunting or for sport shooting in Canada and there are lots of gun owners, and they re mostly law-respecting and law-abiding but you can t use a gun for self-protection in Canada, Trudeau said. That s not a right that you have in the Constitution or anywhere else.
What about your hands? Are you allowed to use those for self-defense? Could you slap somebody in your effort to defend yourself? What about harsh language, as long as you didn’t use any hurtful terms? Is that allowed? Asking for a friend.