"It is an absolute truism that law-abiding, armed citizens pose no threat to other law-abiding citizens."
Ammo, camo and things that go "blammo".
“That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.” ― George Orwell
Billythreefeathers (05-14-2022)
I'm pretty sure world history has politicians being tarred and feathered, drawn and quartered, hanged, guillotined, burned at the stake, gibbeted, fed to lions, impaled on stakes etc. The response when the government tells people to eat their damned cake is pretty predictable to anyone who has read a book.
barkerlakebob (05-14-2022), Camo tung (05-14-2022), Rory McCanuck (05-16-2022), spider69 (05-14-2022), stevebc (05-15-2022)
Schwab school of Globalism. Get on or die getting off.
Get the jab and die of what ever.
The challenge of retirement is how to spend time without spending money.
There is no place in an anti's head where reason can enter. from a Napoleon saying with a tweak.
Look around is there someone you can introduce to shooting because that’s the only way we will buck the anti gun trend sweeping Canada! "tigrr 2006"
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https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...upport-victimsWith hate-crime reports increasing, federal government urged to invest $44M to support victims
On the same day that Statistics Canada released national figures showing an increase in reported hate-motivated crimes, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation released an interim report urging the federal government to invest $44 million to help address the problem.
That support, says CRRF executive director Mohammed Hashim, would create a national fund for community organizations to help victims of hate.
“It’s not a lot of money,” he says, “but it would propel the system in a direction where we start looking at dealing with hate, not just at how much money hate crimes units are going to get for policing, but to get in on the ground level, hearing from community organizations and communities about how they’re experiencing hate and what support they need and starting to do the work.
“We need to be able to invest in community organizations to be able to create culturally sensitive, geographically appropriate services,” he adds. “We should start off with that and see how we can grow it.
For ultimately, he says, “we’re not going to be judged by our condemnations or how many thoughts and prayers we provide, but by how we actually help people heal and find justice.
“I’m sick and tired of thoughts and prayers.”
Created as a Crown corporation in 1996, it’s the CRRF’s mandate to facilitate the development, sharing and application of knowledge and expertise to help eliminate racial discrimination in Canada.
Statistics Canada reported a 27 per cent increase in reported hate crimes in 2021, jumping from 2,646 in 2020 to 3,360. The 2020 figure, meanwhile, represented a 36 per cent rise over 2019’s total.
Of the 1,723 reported hate crimes motivated by races or ethnicity, 642, or more than one-third, targeted members of Black communities, an increase of six per cent over 2020 figures.
Arab or West Asian communities saw a 46 per cent rise in reported hate crimes, jumping from 126 to 184 last year.
Nearly 900 hate crimes were motivated by religion, with more than half directed at Jews. Further, 423 hate-crime reports last year were motivated by sexual orientation, a jump of 64 per cent from 2020.
The Ottawa Police Service recently released its latest semi-annual hate-crime figures, noting a six per cent increase in hate-crime reports in the first six months of 2022. OPS has charged 21 people with 74 counts of various hate- and bias-motivated criminal offences this year.
[...] The report also identifies factors that contribute to a rise in hate crimes, including the COVID-19 pandemic, which, isolating people from their customary connections, contributed to a 19 per cent increase in online engagement with far-right content during lockdowns.
According to Hashim, there are more than 75 instant-messaging platforms, many spewing hate. So even if legislation could effectively tackle such hate-mongering and close an offensive site, it would only take about 20 seconds for users to find another.
“We’re drinking from a firehose when it comes to online hate,” he says.
He believes that toxicity creates further problems.
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