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I have a hypothesis about what will ultimately bring an end to lawful firearms ownership in Canada. And it won’t be the conduct of law-abiding gun owners. Surprise, surprise. It will be the political consequences of firearms incidents involving immigrants who issue serious threats, even against the government itself, while authorities appear reluctant to intervene. Threats go unanswered. Public fear grows. The government invokes that fear to justify sweeping restrictions on those who have obeyed the law. Whether through deliberate orchestration or political opportunism, the outcome is the same: a failure to enforce existing laws becomes the justification for expanding government power. Those who broke no laws pay the price. There is something profoundly troubling about a government that fails to exercise the authority it already possesses, only to insist that the solution is to grant it more. A government that regards your freedom as something it can withdraw whenever circumstances permit has never truly regarded it as yours. You’re not free. You never were.