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Manitoba's pleas for Amazon, Walmart to clamp down on online machete sales ignored (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.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 (12 children)

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) (11 children)

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 (10 children)

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.

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