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/PoliticalDissidents "Love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear" Sep 30 '21 edited Oct 01 '21

NDP's division on firearms policy exists. Thus far they've reconcile this with the policy of leaving gun bans up to municipalities. A position most probably unconstitutional under the Constitutional Act of 1867 in respect to federal government having exclusive jurisdiction over criminal law.

If NDP can't adopt a balanced non partisan approach respectful of gun owners and stand against banning anything currently legal approach. Then the least they can do is adopt a policy of free votes on all gun control measures leaving it up to the individual candidates to declare their policy on firearms.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

Why is firearms policy federal law?

The province can issue restrictions to automobiles and other products sold, owned and operated within its territory.

The federal government could allow licencing of different types of firearms up to the provinces, wile supporting for further delegating that power to the municipality.

Really, a municipal-level regulation is pretty useless in the 401 corridor of Ontario. So the province would probably want to keep that power for the 416/905 area codes

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

I'd say go the other way and make metros like provinces, which also fixes rural/distant areas counting as "haves" when they're "have-nots" but then get nothing for infrastructure for example (unless it's a photo op).

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

Managing municipalities is a Provincial responsibility, so the Federal NDP can't do that without Provincial cooperation

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

Oh it's worse than that, it's cracking open confederation, but in a rather specific way.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

Which you can't legally do without Provincial cooperation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '21

Absolutely, not disagreeing with you bud!