They are banning all semi's in the spring including the fudds duck guns. I hate to bear the bad news. Stock up on plastic tubes and grease. Has anyone else not noticed the fire sale prices from dealers on semi's and ammo? Tell me in the spring that I'm wrong....but I won't be. I've got pretty good sources in the government tell me this. They are just going to prohib everything then ask for you to turn them in with no payment. They are allowing drugs but not "scary" guns. Seems most Canadians like pot more than guns and it's being done for "public safety".
1. Someone always says they know this will happen because they have "very reliable sources" within the Gov/LEO Ranks.
2. With the LGR gone, and uber-prolific firearms like the SKS and Vz 58, plus the undocumented private sales of non-restricted firearms, this will make enforcement next to impossible.
3. Retailers having sales on firearms and ammunition has nothing to do with a change in laws. Glocks went down in price because the dollar moved back up a bit so it was now possible to inch closer to US prices. S&W ARs for the same reason. Importer and retailers like Irunguns could easily come in and take over the market because they were starting to offer guns imported from the US for much cheaper even with the fees. Before someone mentions the Canadian Tire debacle, remember that no-one else has pulled the humble Simonov from their shelves...
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If they were going to prohibit all semi autos in this time frame, then all the new semi autos that have come or are coming to market (MPX, Skorpion EVO, Type 81, M&M M10X, etc) would not have been approved, because there are NR versions of most of these, and they can be lost in the ether when it comes to the above mentioned private sales.
5. Not even the UK banned the Fuddly Duck Shotgun.
6. They'd be mad to prohibit legally owned property that has been held for years with no compensation on such a large scale.
7. This exact same post, I have seen it happen almost verbatim from different people nearly every month since I got my PAL, and I have seen their predicted time frames come and go as quickly as the stash of Pizza Pops in my freezer.
Quit stirring the pot. Enjoy your legally owned property and DON'T let moldy hearsay like this make you not buy into and enjoy the hobby.