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Manitoba's pleas for Amazon, Walmart to clamp down on online machete sales ignored (www.cbc.ca)
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Amazon and Walmart Canada have so far ignored the NDP government's requests to restrict the online sale of machetes to Manitobans, the province says.

The major distributors haven't responded to two letters from the provincial government — issued Dec. 6, 2024, and Feb. 6, 2025 — asking them to "comply with the intent" of provincial legislation when selling machetes and other long-bladed weapons online, the government confirmed.

The new provincial rules, which came into effect Dec. 31 and only apply to in-store sales, require businesses to sell the items only to adults with photo identification, and to keep records of their sales for two years.

They must also keep the items stored in a way that prevents shoppers from accessing them without assistance.

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[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Performative legislation to restrict the sale of machetes and other long blades which are already restricted in Canada while not restricting other sporting good items more commonly used as weapons that aren't currently restricted.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You wanna know what Manitoba's 'legal' restrictions on the purchase of long-bladed weapons are? You have to be 18 yrs old with photo ID (source). That's it.

Tell me how that safeguards people from machete attacks that have been occuring in Winnipeg for over 30 years.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

You wanna know what Manitoba’s ‘legal’ restrictions on the purchase of long-bladed weapons are? You have to be 18 yrs old with photo ID (source). That’s it.

Yes, I already knew that and there is nothing wrong with that.

That is because they are outdoor sporting items that basically every single person should carry when going into the wilderness along with other survival equipment.

Tell me how that safeguards people from machete attacks that have been occuring in Winnipeg for over 30 years.

"The new provincial rules, which came into effect Dec. 31 and only apply to in-store sales, require businesses to sell the items only to adults with photo identification, and to keep records of their sales for two years."

Tell me how the new law safeguards people from machete attacks, and then explain why baseball bats, pocket knives, kitchen knives, golf clubs, scissors, etc, etc, etc aren't being restricted in the same way for "safety" reasons when all of those items are commonly used in attacks.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Because Winnipeg has massive issues with machetes being used to assault and murder people.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/machete-attack-north-kildonan-winnipeg-1.7365355

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-machete-attack-youth-1.7293946

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/machete-attack-elmwood-1.7419911

https://www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/article/arrests-made-in-machete-attacks-involving-youth-winnipeg-police/

https://winnipegsun.com/news/crime/man-attacked-with-machete-bear-spray-in-a-park-near-main-street

https://retirement-republic.com/machete-attack-erupts-over-rent-dispute-in-winnipeg-suspect-arrested-for-assault/

https://globalnews.ca/news/10091659/manitoba-rcmp-machete-assault-home-invasion/

https://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/kenora-man-arrested-for-machete-attack-near-bus-stop

https://winnipegsun.com/news/crime/15-year-old-boy-charged-with-aggravated-assault-after-youth-stabbed-seriously-injured

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2551460351639872&id=100064335803941 (FB post from Winnipeg Police)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/second-degree-murder-canon-beardy-1.4445641

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Manitoba had country's 2nd-highest homicide rate in 2021: Statistics Canada 'We need to do something different if we really want to provide real safety,' says U of Winnipeg professor

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-homicide-rates-2021-statistics-canada-1.6659655

I do not think machetes are the problem, but you do you.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Herein lies the problem. There are facts in the news article that you seem to be ignoring.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Herein lies the problem. There are facts in the news article that you seem to be ignoring.

Like the fact that if you take away machetes people from Manitoba can and will find a way to kill one another, because they have the number 2 homicide rate in the country, so wasting time on banning a single possible weapon is pointless when it obviously isn't the issue?

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works -2 points 6 days ago

Where in the article did you see that Manitoba wanted to ban machetes?

I'll wait.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Move that goal post you keep shuffling around into the middle of the street and play net if you want to make the world a better place. Works better than senselessly arguing with someone online about the merits of "Documenting sales and keeping age restricted items behind the counter" to solve deeply ingrained social issues.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 days ago

You don't have much to say now I guess.

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