Montreal Canadiens superstar goalie Carey Price’s stance on gun control sparks backlash | 24CA News
Montreal Canadiens‘ goalie Carey Price is talking out towards the present gun management debate in Ottawa.
In an Instagram publish printed Saturday, Price wrote partly: “I love my family, I love my country and I care for my neighbour. I am not a criminal or a threat to society. What Justin Trudeau is trying to do is unjust. I support the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights to keep my hunting tools.”
The accompanying image exhibits Price with a looking rifle.
The publish went up simply a few days earlier than the thirty third anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique bloodbath, one of Canada’s worst mass shootings.
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A lone man entered the college on Dec. 6, 1989, and fatally shot 14 ladies. Several others had been injured, together with Nathalie Provost.
“I think his comment just adds confusion to a very complex debate,” stated Provost who can be a spokesperson for gun-control group PolySeSouvient. “I’m very unhappy that he did it as a result of he’s a actual Canadian image, and individuals love him and consider in this man.“
Provost says the publication suggests that these in favour of gun management are towards looking, when it’s not the case.
“We are for a better control and what we want is safety for all Canadians and assault-style weapons are extremely dangerous,” Provost added.
In late November, the Liberal authorities proposed an modification to the federal government’s gun management invoice C21, which defines what an assault-style weapon is.
It features a clause that will ban any rifle or shotgun that would doubtlessly settle for {a magazine} with greater than 5 rounds.
The proposal is presently being studied by the House of Commons’ public security committee.
It builds on a regulatory ban of extra than 1,500 fashions of what the authorities considers assault firearms.
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Critics disagree with the definition within the modification and defend Price’s remark.
“The proposed definition is so vast that it opens the door to targeting several models of semi-automatic weapons. That’s how hunting rifles are being targeted,” stated Stéphanie Vadnais with the Quebec Federation of Hunters and Fishermen.
“Carey Price is saying out loud what many Quebec hunters think.”
Meanwhile, Canada’s minister of public security argues they don’t seem to be focusing on law-abiding gun house owners.
“But rather those AR-15 style guns which have been used in some of the worst shooting tragedies in the country’s history, including at Polytechnique,” stated Marco Mendicino.
“I would say that based on the images that we’ve seen, that the gun in Carey Price’s social media post is legal and will continue to be legal. Even after we passed Bill C21.”
As for Price, France Margaret Bélanger, Groupe CH’s president, advised Radio-Canada that he wasn’t conscious the Polytechnique capturing had occurred.
Later within the day, Price took to Twitter to double down on his message.
“My views are my own and I do believe in them. The only reason I bring up this issue is because it is what’s being brought up now and not out of disrespect to anyone,” he stated partly.
In a second tweet he wrote: “I continue to stand beside my fellow hunters and sport shooters who have legally acquired our property and use it in a safe manner.”
Price additionally stated he didn’t agree with the “POLY” promotional code the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, a gun foyer, had created just a few days earlier than, providing a reduction over the acquisition of their merchandise.
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The gun foyer defended the usage of their code however wouldn’t reply to questions of whether or not the group was in contact with Price earlier than his publish went up or if it requested for his assist.
“Our promo code was in no way a reference to the tragedy at Ecole Polytechnique. It was a two-week-old response to a Twitter account (@PolySeSouvient) criticizing us for fundraising. Any suggestion to the contrary is blatantly false,” wrote in an e-mail Rod M. Giltaca, CEO and govt director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights.
In one other tweet, the Montreal Canadiens’ posted an announcement confirming Price was unaware of the timing of his assertion and of the promotional code.
“The Montreal Canadiens wish to express their sincere apology to any and all who have been offended or upset by the discourse that has arisen over this matter in recent days.”
The assertion continued saying the group has made a donation to Polytechnique’s “Week of the White Rose” marketing campaign to ship 14 underprivileged women to Polytechnique’s science summer season camp.
