r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Aug 31 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/Agonizing-Stroke1812 Sep 02 '26

In what fantasy would nobody sign up? people participate in buyback schemes even in the US where you literally get a gift card

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u/boozefiend3000 Sep 02 '26

Those US buybacks are also actually voluntary. You’re not being forced to do anything in those ones. The people taking part in this one are just scared cowards. He’s right, if everyone man’d up and told the government to get fucked what could they do?

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u/Agonizing-Stroke1812 Sep 02 '26

Right, those US buybacks are completely voluntary, and the owners can still shoot their guns, yet people still hand them in and you think there was some prospect of having 0 participation in the Canadian buyback which was infinitely more enticing given that it was paying actual cash, and the guns were effectively paperweights otherwise?

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u/Natural_Comparison21 Sep 02 '26

Oh it’s even better. Maybe in the past that was the case but a lot of the time the people handing in guns in those buyback programs are the most broken and worn down guns imaginable.