No, Canada Isn’t "Forcing Canadians To Hand In Their Guns" With It's Gun/Assault Weapon Buyback Program. We're Making Sure Canada Doesn't Turn Into America. Tim Pool’s “they’re taking all your guns” lie is MAGA cosplay for the Kremlin age. Canada’s rules are boring, targeted, and save lives. That’s the point. Dean Blundell Oct 1 October 1, 2025 I’ll tell Tim Pool what I told Jack Posobiec last week: “Keep my country’s name out of your MAGAT mouths. You drive this Substack and we couldn’t be more grateful, so we’re continuing to offer unlimited access for 50% off (annual plans) for the month of OCTOBER. 🔒 Lock in the half-price rate forever and never pay more. Redeem the offer by October 31, and feel free to share or gift a subscription to support independent journalism that matters. Free or paid, we’re just thankful you are here TL;DR: Canada has a targeted compensation program for already-prohibited assault-style firearms and a handgun market freeze—not a door-to-door confiscation. Licensed Canadians keep lawful firearms under strict rules. The U.S.’s gun-everything culture? It produces a body count Canada refuses to normalize. Panic Merchants vs. a Country That Likes Being Alive Over the weekend, a Russian-boosted disinformation account claimed Canada would criminalize all gun ownership by 2026. Tim Pool dutifully parroted it—because when outrage is your business model, facts are just speed bumps. Here’s reality: Canada is finishing a years-long cleanup of assault-style hardware—the weapons designed to shred people, not punch paper. There’s compensation, an amnesty period, and multiple legal ways to comply (turn-in, deactivate, export). It’s dull public administration, not a dystopia. But “competent government follows through on public-safety policy” doesn’t juice engagement like “tyranny!!” (Man, Grok saves me soooo much time, sometimes;) Meanwhile, south of the border, Trump’s America idolizes firearms the way cults idolize relics—then acts surprised when schools need trauma teams and parents practice “active shooter” whisper-goodbyes. Canada chose a different path on purpose. Here’s Why, America: America’s Gun Carnage vs. Canada’s Choice to Live (2015–2025) Mass shootings (4+ shot) U.S.: ~656 (2023), 499 (2024), and ~324 YTD (to Sept 30, 2025) — a near-daily cadence. Canada: Dozens across the entire decade, not per year. Outlier: Nova Scotia 2020 (22 killed)—historic precisely because it’s so rare. School shootings U.S.: 300+ K-12 incidents per year in recent years (any gunfire on school grounds). Canada: A handful in the decade (e.g., La Loche 2016)—isolated tragedies, not a standing feature of school life. Overall gun deaths/firearm harm U.S.: 48,204 gun deaths in 2022 (all intents) — about 132/day; firearm mortality rate in the mid-teens per 100k. Canada: Firearm-involved violent crime is a small slice of total violence (~2–3%) and declined in 2023; shootings account for well under half of homicides and far fewer per capita than the U.S. Ideologically motivated violent extremism (IMVE) U.S.: Extremist killings are overwhelmingly shootings, with recent tallies dominated by right-wing actors. Canada: IMVE is a priority threat, but firearm attacks are rare (the Québec City mosque shooting in 2017 remains the stark example). The U.S. normalizes a daily conveyor belt of mass and school shootings. Canada’s licensing-and-limits regime keeps such events rare and shocking. One country rehearses lockdowns. The other mostly does fire drills. What’s Actually Happening (aka: the boring truth) Assault-style firearms were prohibited years ago, with amnesty to give owners time to comply. Compensation is rolling out—owners of those specific, already-prohibited models can register for payment and collection. Handguns: the government froze new sales and transfers nationwide. Licensed owners keep their lawfully owned handguns under existing rules. No, there isn’t a SWAT team coming for Nana’s locked-up .22. None of this criminalizes ordinary, licensed gun ownership. It reins in the stuff designed for war zones, not wheat fields. Why the Hoax Works on People Like Tim Pool Disinfo thrives on three tricks: Collapse the categories. Say “guns” when the policy says “a narrow set of prohibited assault-style firearms.” Weaponize the calendar. Turn amnesty deadlines into “countdowns to tyranny.” Swap verbs. “Voluntary compensation/comply” becomes “forced confiscation.” Pool’s version isn’t journalism; it’s retail grievance. If you can read a government web page, you can tell he’s selling NRA/Violent American snake oil. Canada’s Core Idea: Guns Are a Privilege, Public Safety Is a Right Canada doesn’t worship a gun clause; it regulates a licensed privilege. PRIVILEGE, not a right. That’s not weakness—that’s adulthood. We test drivers. We certify pilots. We license firearms. Somehow, society persists. Children can attend school, and parents can send them there with confidence. And the outcomes are obvious to anyone not locked in culture-war fog: fewer school shootings, fewer mass shootings, fewer “thoughts and prayers” press conferences. It’s not utopia. It’s just sane. The U.S. Contrast: A Culture Held Hostage by Its War Fetish “Freedom” without guardrails isn’t freedom; it’s chaos. America’s gun absolutism has turned malls, churches, concerts, and classrooms into risk assessments. Politicians pose with ARs for Christmas cards, then blame doors when kids die. Trump’s America doubled down on the theater—open carry at statehouses, pardons for vigilantes, political cosplay in plate carriers—while demonizing any policy that actually reduces the number of bullets entering human bodies. That isn’t liberty; it’s a marketing plan for manufacturers and media personalities who cash in every time the sirens wail. Canada looked at that and said: no thanks. For the Gun Nut in Your Group Chat (Send This) No, Canada isn’t banning all guns. Yes, assault-style firearms are already prohibited and subject to compensation or other legal compliance options. Yes, the handgun market is frozen (you can’t buy/sell/transfer), but existing licensed owners keep theirs under strict conditions. No, lawful Canadian gun owners are not becoming criminals in 2026—unless they deliberately refuse to comply with rules for prohibited models. That’s how laws work… in every country. This Is Pro-Canada, Not Anti-Hunter You can enjoy the backcountry, teach your kid safe handling, and pass an ethics test without strapping a range toy designed for Fallujah. Responsible ownership is about function and context, not fragile identity cosplay. Canada’s regime reflects that: licensing, storage, transport, classification, and accountability. It’s the difference between a country and a content channel. Why It Matters Now Disinformation isn’t just wrong; it’s dangerous. It stokes fear, drives harassment, and undermines effective public-safety policies. The MAGA export industry wants Canada to import America’s worst habits—because chaos is profitable and performative rage is addictive. Canada shouldn’t take that bait. We have our own problems. We don’t need imported ones dressed in tactical khakis that make legal gun owners start to question their government based on a Tim Pool-boosted tweet from a convicted criminal named James Morrison (@WALLSTREET MAV): He co-founded Wall Street Silver, a silver investing community that grew rapidly during the 2021 meme stock surge. Lewis falsely claimed to be a former Merrill Lynch trader. He has a criminal history, including a felony conviction for extortion. The account changed from @WallStreetSilv to @WallStreetMav in late 2024 following controversies. Canada launched its assault-style firearms compensation program for individual owners on September 23, 2025. The program offers buyback payments averaging $400 to $2,000 per prohibited gun. Amnesty for these firearms ends in October 2026, after which possession becomes illegal. If your favorite influencer needs you afraid to keep you engaged, you’re not an audience—you’re inventory. Canada isn’t perfect, but on guns we chose structure over superstition. We chose schools without body armor over performative freedom. That’s not tyranny; that’s civilization. Good talk. Thanks again for being here. You’re support for this community has been INCREDBLE. Don’t forget, we extended the half-price annual subscription deal for the month of October. Get 50% off yearly plans and unlimited access, and never pay more. Redeem the offer by October 31, and feel free to share or gift a subscription to support fearless, independent journalism that matters. Welcome to “The Resistance." Thanks for reading! This post is public, so feel free to share it with anyone you know who believes anything Tim Pool says.