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Ottawa quietly expands gun buyback program to include parts (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 4 weeks ago by Arkouda@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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The question that I have not seen asked is why are these guns being destroyed?

I may be ignorant to some reason why it is not possible, but wouldn't the best idea be to buy back all of these weapons for use in the military?

I hear our military could use millions of guns and parts, and it would actually justify the cost of the program. It would also be a massive increase on military spending our allies have been asking for and that we are in serious need of.

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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 weeks ago

OK, I’m about to be very, very mean about your idea, so I need to preface this by saying that I fully get that it sounds perfectly reasonable if you don’t happen to know a lot of very specific stuff about how militaries, especially the Canadian military, actually operate. So, to be clear, I’m not trying to call you an idiot, I’m just correcting a misunderstanding. But oh boy is there a lot of misunderstanding here to correct.

I didn't read past this point. Feel free to edit it and try again if you want to discuss this with me.