This is the story of a Canadian teenager who started an electronic petition to thwart the Canadian government’s latest gun control bill. American teens could learn something here. Instead of being the puppets of gun control agents, they should be standing up for their futures and fighting for their Constitutional rights.
By Joe Ackley
Bill C-71 includes measures to broaden background checks for gun owners, toughen rules around the transportation of handguns, and tighten record keeping requirements for the sale of firearms.
Ryan Slingerland is interested in politics and was visiting Lethbridge MP Rachael Harder’s office in Ottawa when the federal government introduced the bill.
Slingerland says the bill doesn’t tackle the real problem of gun violence and adds more red-tape to law-abiding firearms owners.
He says more resources should be devoted to policing in Canada and he has launched a nationwide campaign to scrap the bill.
“And just hearing her staff talking about it, got me motivated to put forward this petition,” said Slingerland.
Electronic petitions need the sponsorship of a member of parliament to be open for public signing, and Harder has thrown her support behind it.
So far, the petition has received over 40,000 signatures from people in every province and territory.
According to one Toronto geopolitical analyst, it’s the fastest signed parliamentary petition and fifth most signed petition of all time.
“I’m quite impressed for only five days, to have this many signatures, it’s quite impressive,” said Slingerland.
Slingerland isn’t sure anything will come of his petition but says it is a way for Canadians who feel like he does, to send a clear voice to the federal government.
The petition will continue to accept signatures until July 26th.
Click HERE to view the petition.
Is there a lesson to be learned by American Teens and adults alike? How can we better inform our lawmakers of the perils of gun control and assaults on the Second Amendment? Share your answers in the comment section.
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Good work and thank you. It’s great to see young people with enough balls to take a stand for there rights. We have some in the states as well but our bias media is burying them in anti gun propaganda.