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Peaceful? I think news of armed militants amongst the protesters will soon be commonplace, like today's arrests of this heavily armed cadre: https://www.cbc.ca

• User23 5y ago
  Was there any actual violence? If not then it was peaceful. Merely being armed certainly increases the capacity for violence, but it’s not violence in and of itself. I’m not familiar with Canadian law on the subject, so I don’t know if possession of the items in question is unlawful or if there was some other cause for the arrests.
  • cf100clunk 5y ago
    > I’m not familiar with Canadian law on the subject That's the crux of this - their weaponry was way out of line according to Canadian law.
    • spoils19 5y ago
      I think it's not the worst thing in the world for there to be visual elements inspired by the 2nd Amendment. If nothing else, it puts pressure on the government and shows that many free thinkers have solidarity with Canadians.
      • blast 5y ago
        In Canadian terms it's politically one of the most foolish things you could do. There's little constituency for 2nd Amendment style gun rights in Canada, so they'd be sawing off the limb they're sitting on. And that's apart from whether they broke the law, which would also be politically foolish since it undermines their argument of civil disobedience. I don't know anything about the facts of this case though.
        • spoils19 5y ago
          The point is that many other countries should adopt rights similar to the 2nd Amendment, because it has been proven to increase civil liberties with very few downsides. Canadians who refuse to do so are more likely to be trampled by big government.