"Get it before it's banned!"

[u/Trilobyte83]

Ever since the bans started coming down 6 years ago, people were saying "buy so and before it's banned", as they (correctly) speculated that May 2020 was just the first step of many, and progressively the most scary unbanned gun would get added to the list until none are left.

What's the point though?

I don't understand the idea of buying a gun while you still can (currently the SKS), just to get ahead of the ban, use it for a while, then be stuck with it. Seems like you're paying an inflated price, to enjoy it for maybe a year, but then be stuck with it.

Although I don't have any, my friends have some of the banned rifles and they've just become white elephants. Can't do anything with them, tying up capital, can't sell, can't use, but, still have to store and have all the legal downside in case anything goes wrong.

So what's the logic of trying to buy something ahead of it being banned? Either it gets banned and you can never use it, or it doesn't and there's no issue picking it up in the future.

[u/boozefiend3000]

You never know what happens in the future. Maybe they get unbanned for use but not to buy, maybe they get totally unbanned and the price skyrockets. Would still rather have it than not 

[u/shearedgearsets → u/boozefiend3000]

Maybe they get unbanned

has there ever been an example of something moving from prohibited to (at least restricted)? Or restricted to non-restricted?

I can think of Swissarms rifles and VZ58 (?). But that's it.

[u/Plasma_48 → u/shearedgearsets]

I think its more about the possibility of the government giving current prohib owners a condition allowing them to use their prohibs again, kind of like how they did handguns.

[u/Cope180-Enjoyer → u/Plasma_48]

The would require a registry which nobody is going to do.

Liberals don't know how to properly grandfather things.

[u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 → u/Cope180-Enjoyer]

It could require a registration. Or they just stop imports and sales (which they already have done for thousands of models) call it a political win and the guns that are in the country are in the country. Call it a win and move on. Lol according to the LPC they are currently collecting half of these guns this summer 😆

They could give people who had a license before oic 1, 2 or 3 a prohibited condition on their license. If you had a license before 2020 you can own this, 2024/25 this.

They could just ban them and extend the amnesty indefinitely (most likely will be the oit come even if the CCFR loses) and until we get a different government we will still have them.

[u/Cope180-Enjoyer → u/Remarkable_Vanilla34]

The more the libs erode trust, the less PAL holders follow the "rules". That is the damn problem is this country, we can never set precedent. Stop lingering loopholes and ever evolving changes based on NO FACTS.

All pal holders with only NRs should just let their PAL expire until the rules are fair again. No 80mil a year would be coming in for the government and maybe they will change their minds. Fuck liberals.

[u/Remarkable_Vanilla34 → u/Cope180-Enjoyer]

When laws become unjust, resistance becomes duty

[u/Cope180-Enjoyer → u/Remarkable_Vanilla34]

Great quote.

[u/boozefiend3000 → u/shearedgearsets]

Swiss arms and the vz58 are one. Pierre Trudeau made the AR15 restricted and Joe Clark made it non restricted again when he formed government. 

[u/Kindly_Map_2382 → u/shearedgearsets]

Weed? Alcohol in the US... the list is short. Improbable but not impossible