r/canadaguns • u/This_Score3160 • Apr 20 '26

News / Politics / Activism Firearms Buyback Declaration Reopens for businesses APRIL 23 2026 - What could this mean for the Makasi MK-15?

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/campaigns/firearms-buyback/submit-firearm-compensation-claim-businesses.html

https://westcentralonline.com/articles/federal-firearms-compensation-program-reopens-for-businesses-april-23

I hope this is not the case, however could this somewhat sudden extension of the buyback scheme for businesses be a way of allowing the government to add more semi auto sporting rifles such as the MK-15 and others to the list that were not present with the original list?

The MK-15 is not even in the hands of legal gun owners yet. So my concern is that they may try and sneak a ban in at the last second to steal them from stores before they even reach shelves. The deadline for the buyback extension for dealers is early June which would somewhat add up with when the Makasi MK-15 is supposed to land for pre order buyers.

Please let me know your guys thoughts on this, I hope I am just being paranoid.

Thanks!

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u/TheSaSQuatCh Apr 20 '26

Mods, can we just auto-lock any more of these “is the Makasi going to get banned” threads? It’s like every other post at this point.

None of us know whats going to happen. No one has a crystal ball. The cynical view (and likely realist view) is it goes the way of the Crypto. The optimistic view is they don’t ban it until the next round of vote buying, I mean, bans in Quebec.

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u/This_Score3160 Apr 20 '26

Why are they extending the buy back for businesses then? I’m not just asking the question about “will the MK-15 be banned” They already got the firearms from the dealers a long time ago and the dealers have to comply since they literally wouldn’t be in business if they didn’t. Why would they reopen the buy back for dealers all of the sudden if not to get rifles that weren’t in Canada prior to the first business buy back.

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u/TheSaSQuatCh Apr 20 '26

Because they got DISMAL compliance from both business and citizens.

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u/bosnanic Apr 20 '26

This. The numbers they got were embarrassing and they were hammered by the press to the point Nathalie had a breakdown on live broadcast. If they can get that compliance number closer to that 128k goal they will do it.

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u/stickupmybutter Apr 20 '26

Have any video on this? I'd like to see it....

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u/wpgffs Apr 20 '26

Exactly. They’ll extended it for citizens as well in due time