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 Canada@lemmy.ca•2020: Why Canada should ban the sale, ownership of handguns
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 World News@lemmy.world•Students at British campuses in China ‘made to pledge loyalty to party’, required to take ‘ideology courses’ and participate in ceremonies honouring the Chinese Communist PartyEnglish
375·12 days agoI’m a very simple man. I see a media owned by Rupert Murdoch.
I downvote immediately.
For those of you who don’t pay attention to history, The Times should have never been purchased by Rupert Murdoch. It was against UK law because he already owned News of the world and The Sun.
But Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made a secret deal with Murdoch, behind the back of her own government. She allowed him to purchase The Times. In exchange, he promised to support her.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/17/rupert-murdoch-margaret-thatcher




Canada used to have a problem with gun owners selling their handguns on the black market. We are talking about Canadians with a valid PAL licence.
They purchased guns. Sold them. Profit. Easy as pie.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/theodore-mantas-firearms-trafficking-1.4357623
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/airdrie-alert-straw-purchasing-firearms-brady-fisher-1.5569889
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/gun-firearm-glock-straw-purchasing-trafficking-weapons-alert-1.4924037
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alert-guns-investigations-weapons-drugs-straw-buyers-1.5145282
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-man-gets-8-years-in-prison-for-role-in-weapons-trafficking-scheme-1.4676590
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The good news? That problem is now over. It’s not happening anymore. The price of handguns on the black market has increased, which is a good sign.
The bad news? Most guns are now only coming from the United States. And the United States doesn’t want to address the problem.