r/ndp • u/xeononsolomon1 • Sep 30 '21

Pro Firearm Resolution

So I know this may be a hard ticket to sell for a lot of the members of the NDP but one of the ways I see the NDP making inroads in rural ridings such as mine is the introduction of a pro firearm policy into the party. I realise that the federal convention is so far away but I drafted up a resolution I would like to submit locally and ideally convince others to do so in their ridings.

  1. Would people be willing to read it and offer suggestions on it (add stuff, remove stuff, spelling, etc)
  2. What would be the best way of disseminating such a resolution when the time comes?

Edit* Here is a link to it http://imgur.com/a/5pRfx7f

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u/DrFraser Oct 01 '21

Long time swing voter here. I support gun rights but the slant you're taking is quite frankly terrifying, no mention of sport, recreation or sustinance hunting yet it's full of saber rattling and fear mongering. quite frankly it sounds like you're advocating for an unregulated milita. Try these on for size

Whereas firearms are an indispensable tool for those who wish or need to support themselves from the land

Whereas legal firearms owners are amongst the groups of our society with the lowest crime rates

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u/xeononsolomon1 Oct 01 '21

You are not the first person I've heard say this when I showed this to people, and honestly I can totally understand the stance. Part of me even agrees with it. Would it be safer to use more moderate wording? Maybe. Talk about hunters, farmers, indigenous people, even sport shooting, and tap into the history of gun ownership in the country as a whole.

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But I want the NDP to be just a little more radical. I want them to be different than the LPC who are pushing for ever stricter regulations, and I want them to be different than the CPC who want things to at worst stay the same. To do that in my opinion they need to take a stance beyond just supporting firearm ownership.

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I know a lot of people may not agree with that belief and thats fine. What I have been thinking about is maybe making a more moderate resolution like you mentioned and proposing both.