We’re looking at a compliance of 31% using the governments woefully under counted number. The real compliance rate of 4% or 2% depending on the real number of affected firearms.
Was going to say lol. This is far below sub-50% compliance for the buyback. With the budget already thoroughly blown, I don't know how they intend to actually collect let alone pay out. Which is really pathetic for a program that they pushed so hard.
Well, the entire program smacks of an irrational, even prejudiced approach to firearms. So ignorance on the part of the decision makers is to be expected.
Don't get me wrong, there are clearly some midlevel folks who know a lot about the firearms program and how the FRT works. At some point, a policy maker points to a scary tacticool firearm and says "ban everything that is related to this" and that knowledgeable functionary does an excellent job of identifying everything even cosmetically similar.
The result is a thoroughly curated list, but supporting a program that is self sabotaging.
We’re looking at a compliance of 31% using the governments woefully under counted number.
Not necessarily, because there's no guarantee these declarations are restricted. Anyone signing up with an NR dilutes the total amount of firearms to be declared. We'll need to know how many of those declared are actually restricted.
True but I suppose we have to always consider that this already low turnout is "padded" to some degree but I take your point the depth of the padding is pretty unknownable.
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u/rastamasta45 Mar 20 '26
We’re looking at a compliance of 31% using the governments woefully under counted number. The real compliance rate of 4% or 2% depending on the real number of affected firearms.