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/boozefiend3000 28d ago

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 

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u/shearedgearsets 28d ago

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.

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u/Kindly_Map_2382 28d ago

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