r/canadaguns • u/Trilobyte83 • 28d ago

News / Politics / Activism "Get it before it's banned!"

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.

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 28d ago

Many people own their own land or have relatives that do. It’s not the government’s place to tell people how they can enjoy their property, on their property.

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u/OCTS-Toronto 28d ago

Have you heard of the Liberal party if Canada? They very much mean to tell you what to do when you are in private. That's why all the new internet monitoring laws. To control the messages within private conversations.

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u/Scary-Detail-3206 28d ago

They can tell you whatever they want, it’s your choice whether you listen to them.

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u/OCTS-Toronto 28d ago

Until you get your bank account frozen or arrested like in the uk