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/Acceptable_Visit_115 Apr 20 '26

This means nothing. The Phase 2 for business buyback encompasses guns in the 2024/2025 OIC, versus Phase 1's 2020 OIC.

The Makasi is in neither of them, so even if it's banned overnight, it would not be eligible for buyback.

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u/Mahatma_Ghandicap Apr 21 '26

Thats the thing... Any new bans will just require more administrative bullshit. More grace periods, more buyback attempts, more bad PR, more fiasco... Poly really pushed the Libs into setting an unsustainable precendent. My hope is that becomes the downfall of all this hubris.