Ep. 42: Banning Airsoft and Handguns, How Firearms Owners Can WIN!

What started as a discussion of Bill C-21 and the banning of Airsoft guns and municipal handgun bans evolved into a podcast that can only be described as absolutely essential listening for every firearms owner.

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This highly informative episode of the Silvercore Podcast details exactly how firearms owners can shift the narrative and effect positive change which will prosper everyone regardless of what side of the firearms debate they find themselves. Dan Fritter, owner of Calibre Magazine, Ryan Steacy, director of IBI Barrels and Travis Bader of Silvercore Training share insight acquired from years of working in the firearms industry.

 

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Topics discussed in this episode:

 

• Intro [00:00:00 - 00:02:29]
• Travis and Dan’s first time meeting [00:02:29 - 00:02:29]
• Bill C-21, house of commons schedule, when the bill was introduced & how readings and committee works [00:03:10 - 00:08:30]
• Buyback, no buyback, rollback & mandatory seizure [00:08:30 - 00:09:39]
• Rumoured election, minority governments [00:09:39 - 00:10:23]
• Dan’s prediction on what’s next with bill C-21 & next promises to anti-gun people [00:10:23 - 00:11:39]
• Perspective on gun laws, effects on ballot boxes, laws passed & original purpose of OIC [00:11:39 - 00:16:16]
• Bill C-21 concerns & what it means for non firearms owners, firearms owners, gun clubs & gun stores if it’s passed [00:16:16 - 00:24:10]
• Culture around firearms, what happened with Molson Indy and how it compares to the gun ban [00:24:10 - 00:28:24]
• Fight between pro-gun, anti-gun, and people in between & their emotional, sometimes illogical arguments about firearms [00:28:24 - 00:31:35]
• Dan’s testimony on bill C-71, opposition & engagement on social media [00:31:35 - 00:39:33]
• Gun rights progress, US style rhetoric [00:39:33 - 00:42:53]
• Separate people from the problem & asking questions [00:42:53 - 00:51:00]
• Finding a solution to the real problem & majority of gun owners [00:51:00 - 00:58:20]
• Gun Control in Canada & perspective of safety first [00:58:20 - 01:02:27]
• Political standpoint & shifting what’s being said & where focus for public safety should be [01:02:27 - 01:14:10]
• Red flag & yellow flag laws, push back from Alberta & Trudeau’s response to get more votes [01:14:10 - 01:24:34]
• Replica firearms, consequences of prohibiting them & film industry [01:24:34 - 01:38:26]
• 12.7 and 12.6 firearms licences, impact of laws and legislation & amnesty period [01:38:26 - 01:46:21]
• Anti-gun & pro-gun on the same team of pubic safety [01:46:21 - 01:49:23]
• Outro [01:49:23 - 01:50:22]

 

Explore these Resources

In this episode, we mentioned the following resources which may be beneficial to you:

 

• Silvercore [00:00:10] [00:00:21] [00:00:24] [00:00:31] [00:00:52] [00:01:01] [00:01:16] [00:01:51] [00:02:42] [00:03:25] [00:16:18] [01:14:42]
• Clubhouse Podcast [00:01:13] [00:01:22] [00:01:30]
• International Barrels (IBI) [00:01:40] [00:03:02] [01:49:50] [01:49:52]
• Calibre Magazine [00:01:57] [00:01:58] [00:02:14] [00:02:44] [00:25:08] [00:33:30] [00:36:51] [00:37:05] [00:38:36] [01:39:05] [01:49:40]
• Four Winds Brewing Company [00:03:05]
• Bill C-21 [00:03:14] [00:04:16] [00:04:49] [00:06:01] [00:17:04] [00:18:10] [00:19:01] [00:19:05] [00:28:52] [00:38:18] [00:58:30] [00:58:55] [01:03:43] [01:14:17] [01:17:22] [01:23:35] [01:28:43] [01:40:20]
• Ian Runkle [00:04:29] [01:18:17]
• Bill C-71 [00:03:50] [00:04:21] [00:32:18] [00:58:30] [01:14:20]
• WE Scandal [00:08:02] [00:08:23]
• SNC Lavalin [00:08:12]
• Order in Council Firearms Prohibition (OIC) [00:13:19] [00:13:23] [00:13:28] [00:13:31] [00:13:38] [00:13:40] [00:13:41] [00:14:17] [00:26:24] [00:30:10] [00:50:29] [01:14:21] [01:21:43] [01:28:25]
• AR-15 [00:13:31] [00:16:55] [00:21:36] [00:24:53] [00:38:07] [00:40:12] [00:40:15] [00:45:20] [00:47:13] [00:50:39] [00:51:01] [00:55:48] [00:56:32] [00:56:40] [00:56:51] [00:57:24] [00:57:30] [00:57:41] [00:58:03] [00:59:03] [00:59:11] [00:59:19] [01:09:35] [01:09:58] [01:44:58] [01:46:13]
• Molson Indy [00:18:03] [00:27:10] [00:27:11]
• Marlin Firearms [00:18:51]
• Abbotsford Fish and Game Club [00:21:17] [00:21:21]
• Abbotsford Tactical Shooters [00:21:27]
• IPSC [00:21:29] [00:55:45] [00:56:26]
• Cabela’s [00:23:10] [00:23:24]
• Gore Tex [00:23:25]
• 30-30 Winchester [00:23:58]
• SHOT Show [00:24:21] [00:24:24]
• 3Gun [00:24:58]
• Westwood Racing Circuit [00:27:54]
• Al Unser Sr. [00:27:55]
• NRA (National Rifle Association) [00:41:25] [00:41:34]
• Poco (Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fish Club) [00:55:46]
• Vancouver Gun Club [00:55:40] [01:43:36]
• Reliable Gun [00:56:11]
• Wanstalls [00:56:12] 
• Kelowna & District Fish and Game Club [00:56:25] [00:56:41]
• CSAAA (Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association) [01:00:49]
• Bill Blair [01:03:39] [01:24:15] [01:46:05]
• Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act [01:06:59]
• The Shooting Edge [01:20:27]
• Bushnell AR Optics [01:20:53]
• Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation [01:22:37] [01:22:39] [01:22:40]
• Jason Kenny  [01:23:01] [01:23:02]
• Rosemary Barton [01:24:08]
• Harjit Sajjan [01:27:44]

 

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