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/Remarkable_Vanilla34 28d ago
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.