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/LumberjackCDN Gold'n Loan Outfitters & Pawn Apr 20 '26

Im of the opposite mind. I have a feeling theyre injecting cash flow into these businesses to get them a bit healthier for if/when the ccfr win their supreme court challenge of the OiC. Alot of dealers are still sitting on millions of dead stock, and have been for years. I know some other stores around me are still sitting on inventory so no, not everyones been paid out yet. The whole roll out of this has been a huge mess.