r/canadaguns • u/1955FL • Apr 10 '26

Application / Regulation advice Unpopular opinion: prohibiting the SKS would be great for gun owners

Let‘s be honest, they’re eventually coming for everything - semi auto shotguns and 22lr, any other gun that isn’t pump, bolt or lever action, and probably those too at some point. Considering that every cool center fire semi auto has already been prohibited, if the Liberals prohibit the SKS it would make their confiscation virtually impossible. There are 2 million + firearms owners in Canada, and the SKS is one of the most ubiquitous guns in Canada. They would have to assume at least 1 million of those licensed gun owners are more likely than not to have one in their collection, and given the embarrassingly low number of firearms declared to date, we can confidently assume that probably no more than 5-10% of all SKS would be voluntarily handed over. So that would put the government in the very unfavourable position of either knocking on 2 million doors, or admitting their gun confiscation is a complete failure. There would be no way to paint it as a success. It is well known how many SKS are in private possession, and that the vast majority would still be out there after October 30th would be front page news and completely embarrass the Liberal government. 1 million civilly disobedient firearms owners would be the most powerful political stance we could ever hope to make in the face of this gun grab.

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u/NEUMANN-METALWORKS Neumann Metalworks Apr 10 '26

I don't necessarily disagree with the argument, but like others said we're already at this point without banning the SKS. Everybody involved knows they cannot physically knock on doors and take the banned .22LRs, they definitely can't knock on the doors of every PAL holder asking for their SKS, people would die and they know that. You'd have 99 people complying with RCMP and that one crazy dude that ends up barricading himself inside his house, putting their family and the RCMP in danger for nothing.

Banning it just prevents gun stores from selling them, and importers from bringing more in. Grey market would obviously flourish.