No, and the government should pass a national “stand your ground” law

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In the USA, a country similar to Canada, firearms are widely used for self defense, often not even requiring the actual use of the firearm, but the mere presence of a firearm is often enough to de-escalate a potentially violent encounter. When a criminal is faced with the possibility of being met with equal or greater force, they are going to reconsider engaging in violent and disenfranchising actions.

t's important to note that individuals already have the right to defend themselves in situations where they face imminent danger or threat of harm. Most states have self-defence laws that allow individuals to use reasonable force to protect themselves or others without the need for a "stand your ground" provision.

the more people, that have a gun the greater the odds of a bad person getting their hands on one or maybe even a mentally ill person. if everyone's standing their ground always paranoid of who could have a gun its even more likely for there to be a misunderstanding that could lead to more tragedy.

Licenced gun owners already pass strict checks and should be allowed to defend their family need be. Laws dont work as criminals dont care. Protect us legal citizens

If there is a person on your property in a manner that suggests trespassing you don’t want to be playing a guessing game like with the current law of “if the circumstances show equal force” pertaining to you can only legally shoot someone in self-defence if the attacker is armed. If I am inside my home, with my family I don’t want to second guess myself before I go and grab my gun to confront the intruder. I want to act quickly and tactically sound to protect myself and/or my family without the risk if being legally punished for acting in self defence when there is…  Read more a possible threat to me, and my love ones’ lives. If the counter-argument is the morally challenging one of an unarmed burglar not deserving to get shot, simply don’t break the law - you should have thought about that before deciding to break-in. Before shooting the defender should obviously always act rationally, however and make sure they are acting in a manner that will neutralize the threat, not putting other innocent people in danger.

you should be able to protect the land you own and the people you love and if that means you having to take the life of a threat then so be it.

Whether you trust the police or not, there is almost always going to be the issue with response time. There will always be a period of time between the call for help being placed and an officer arriving. This period of time will likely be more than enough for a criminal to commit their crime and leave the area before the police can arrive. This problem is exasperated in rural areas, or in areas where for whatever reason, the police are unreliable, whether due to corruption, underfunding, laziness etc, or in situations where there is immediate danger and calling 911 is not possible. In this situation, the only options are to either stand your ground or let yourself be placed at the mercy of the criminal

No, the government should not pass a national "stand your ground" law as gun crimes would increase
and homocides would increase along with the amount of guns in Canada. Which could lead to more mass shootings and school shootings. With the possibility of Canada as a nation becoming more and more alike to our neighbours, the United States of America.

I do not care. As long as they are not doing bad stuff with the gun just make sure it's known what they're doing

If we allow this to occur, many students will begin to skip school in case of danger and we would need to increase taxes to give to the police to help counter shootings.