In a rare public outing, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price took a stand against the federal government’s new bill for greater gun control.
“I love my family, I love my country and I take care of my neighbours,” Carey Price said in an Instagram post late Saturday morning. “I am not a criminal or a threat to society,” he adds. That [le premier ministre Justin Trudeau] trying to do is unfair. »
The hockey player attached to his publication a photo of him in camouflage clothes, a hunting weapon in hand.
The Guardian also said he supports the Canadian Coalition for Gun Rights. This organization caused controversy this week for having until recently offered discounts thanks to the promotional code “Poly”, referring to the massacre of the Polytechnique of Montreal which had killed 14 people – all women – in 1989.
“I have a little heartache,” commented Nathalie Provost, survivor of the massacre, on this subject on Friday.
A gesture supported by the Conservative Party
Carey Price’s publication quickly gained support from conservatives who opposed the bill. “Carey is absolutely right,” tweeted Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC). “Hunting is a great Canadian tradition. Trudeau’s attempts to ban shotguns are an attack on rural and indigenous populations. »
A vision shared by Pierre Paul-Hus, political lieutenant for the PCC in Quebec. “Carey Price makes a remarkable exit against the insane policies of Justin Trudeau, who attacks the hunters”, he argued on Twitter.
Remember that the Liberal government is trying these days to have Bill C-21 approved, which aims to restrict access to firearms in Canada.
A law that goes too far, according to the gun lobby
The Coalition for Gun Rights this week called on Justin Trudeau’s government to back down on its bill, saying it’s the ‘biggest gun ban in Canadian history’ “.
According to the latest specifications added for the definition of prohibited firearms, semi-automatic weapons, including shotguns, whose magazine can be modified to hold more than five cartridges will be banned, as will those that can fire projectiles with a muzzle energy of more than 10,000 joules and those with an inner barrel surface of 20 millimeters or more.
SKS rifles, a military-style weapon popular with hunters, could be banned, according to the Canadian Coalition for Gun Rights.
Not the first time Carey Price has spoken out
This isn’t the first time Carey Price has made a controversial hunting-themed public outing. In 2012, a photo posted on Twitter of him and another hunter with the carcass of a coyote caused reactions, according to SportsNet.
This time around, some netizens applauded his release on Instagram, while others opposed it.
” [La Coalition canadienne pour le droit des armes à feu] sells jerseys with the promotional code “Poly” due to the massacre of [14] women on December 6, 1989 in Montreal, a surfer was indignant. It’s a vile organization to support. »